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RELIABILITY
Reliability deals with the consistency of measurement in research. Reliability is the quality that guarantees us that we will get similar results when conducting the same test on the same population every time. Consider this ruler
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Now compare this ruler
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Each ruler will give the same answer each time
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Each ruler is reliable
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So, not only do we require reliability
We also need
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Good Ruler
Bad Ruler
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I am trying to determine if my Capstone students are learning the value of service to the community, so I give a survey at the end of the semester asking if they think will continue community service after they graduate. They all say they will. Whaddaya think? I want to know if research students fudge data to make sure there research findings turn out the way the want them to. So I ask each person if they tampered with the data and they all said, no. Valid test?
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External Validity questions questions if we can generalize our results to a larger population.
I find that students at Belmont have a higher average score in math than those in the University of Southern Indiana. Do you think we could improve USIs math scores by having Belmonts professors teach them? If Italians tend to have a lower incidence of heart attacks than Americans, would we expect Americans to decrease their heart attacks if they followed an Italian diet.
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Internal Validity: are we testing what we think we are. External Validity: can generalize our results to a larger or different population. There are other types of validity that focus on specific concerns researchers have concerning possible errors of accuracy in their studies. The subject teeters on the edge of philosophical debate about just how large a threat these other concerns are. It is important, but subject for more in-depth study.
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(Still just a joke)
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