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    Validity

    When we think about validity in research,


    which components should have validity?
    • Is it the sample?
    • Is it the experimental design?
    • The answer is:

    It is a proposition, inference or conclusion that can 'have' validity.


    Proper sampling, & design enable the validity
    Validity in causal studies:

    Causal studies aim at exploring cause and effect. They can be


    investigated by experimental methods.

    Within causal studies there are four main types:


    Conclusion validity
    Internal validity
    Construct validity
    External validity
    Causal studies: From observation to
    Theory
    • Virtually all social research
    involves measurement or
    observation. And, whenever
    we measure or observe we
    are concerned with whether
    we are measuring what we
    intend to measure or with how
    our observations are
    influenced by the
    circumstances in which they
    are made.
    Causal studies: From observation to Theory
    To go through this journey, we had to go through
    hypothesis, predictions, and testing
    Causal studies: From observation to
    Theory
    Imagine that we wish to examine whether
    use of a World Wide Web (WWW) Virtual
    Classroom improves student understanding
    of course material. This exists in the land of
    theory

    Assume that we took these two constructs,


    the cause construct (the WWW site) and the
    effect (understanding), and
    operationalized them -- turned them
    into realities by constructing the WWW site
    and a measure of knowledge of the course
    material (MCQ test). Here are the four
    validity types and the question each
    addresses:
    What are the four types?

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