External Validity

Internal

______________ validity is about causal interpretability

External

______________ validity is about generalizability

measurement

______________ validity is about proper representation of characteristics or behaviors with our data

statistical

______________ validity is about correctly deciding whether or not two characteristics or behaviors are related.

population

______________ is the component of external validity related to who is in the study

setting

______________ is the component related to where the study is conducted

task/stimulus

______________ is the component related to what participants do and interact with during the study

societal/temporal validity

______________ is the component related to when the study is conducted.

representative

A ______________ sample “looks like” the target population

random

a ______________ sample is one procedure used to obtain this goal.

complete population

A ______________ sampling frame includes the identity of or access to all members of the target population

purposive

a ______________ sampling frame includes the identity of or access to individuals who are expected to represent the target population.

researcher

Each member of a ______________ selected sample is individually chosen from the sampling frame and approached to participate in the research

self

those from a ______________ selected sample respond to a general invitation to the sampling frame

simple

In a ______________ sampling plan each member of the sampling frame has an equal probability of selection

stratified

in a ______________ sampling plan each member of a given subsection of the sampling frame has an equal probability of selection.

population

A ______________ includes all members of the group(s) to which the researcher would like to generalize the results of the research

sampling frame

the ______________ is a list or access process for the group(s).

selected

The ______________ sample incudes all those selected to complete a study

data

the ______________ sample includes all those who actually complete participation in the study.

generalizability

______________ is when the results from a study tell us about a broad range or populations, settings, task/stimuli and societal/temporal possibilities

applicability

______________ is when the results from a study tells us about a specific combination of population, setting, task/stimuli and societal/temporal event.