Internal, external, and ecological validity in research design, conduct, and evaluation

Reliability and validity describe desirable psychometric characteristics of research instruments. The concept of validity is also applied to research studies and their findings. Internal validity examines whether the study design, conduct, and analysis answer the research questions without bias. Ext...

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Main Author: Chittaranjan Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2018;volume=40;issue=5;spage=498;epage=499;aulast=Andrade