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External validity is the validity of applying the conclusions of a scientific study outside the context of that study. In other words, it is the extent...

Social research is research conducted by social scientists following a systematic plan. Social research methodologies can be classified as quantitative...

reflects. Modern validity theory defines construct validity as the overarching concern of validity research, subsuming all other types of validity evidence such...

(1959) introduced the concept of discriminant validity within their discussion on evaluating test validity. They stressed the importance of using both discriminant...

claims to measure. Validity is based on the strength of a collection of different types of evidence (e.g. face validity, construct validity, etc.) described...

predictive validity is the extent to which a score on a scale or test predicts scores on some criterion measure. For example, the validity of a cognitive...

(4): 854–863. doi:10.1177/1745691620974773. ISSN 1745-6916. PMID 33593177. S2CID 231877717. Internal validity (Social research methods) Internal validity...

predict behavior outside of the lab, thus having more ecological validity. Ecological validity can be considered a commentary on the relative strength of a...

face validity of the test. Face validity is often contrasted with content validity and construct validity. Some people use the term face validity to refer...

resulting from research are warranted. The confusion might arise from the mingling of the terms 'internal validity' and 'external validity', where the former...

biases. A research project may be an expansion of past work in the field. To test the validity of instruments, procedures, or experiments, research may replicate...

fact related. Convergent validity, along with discriminant validity, is a subtype of construct validity. Convergent validity can be established if two...

macro-level analyses of social systems and social structure. Applied sociological research may be applied directly to social policy and welfare, whereas...

(internal validity) and being able to generalize to the population (external validity). Because it is usually impossible to test everyone, research tends...

mixed methods researcher successfully addresses and resolves all relevant validity types, including the quantitative and qualitative validity types discussed...

validity: convergent validity (how well the research relates to other measures of the same construct), discriminant validity (how poorly the research...

like reliability and validity. The purpose of triangulation in qualitative research is to increase the credibility and validity of the results. Several...

ecological validity, the discovery of novel phenomena, and parsimony.[citation needed]. Ecological validity refers to the extent to which research findings...

Psychopolitical validity was coined by Isaac Prilleltensky in 2003 as a way to evaluate community psychology research and interventions and the extent...

researchers are often eclectic, using multiple methodologies (for instance, by combining both quantitative and qualitative research). The term social...