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1. Internal validity:

  • the extent to which a study's findings are reliable
  • the extent to which a study's findings have a p-value which is significant
  • the extent to which a study’s findings unambiguously establish a cause-effect relationship between the independent and dependent variable
  • the extent to which a study’s findings generalise to other settings and samples
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2. Which of these is not a type of external validity?

  • Population validity
  • Cultural validity
  • Temporal validity
  • Ecological validity

3. Ambulatory physiological monitoring:

  • objective measures of physiological responses such as heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, etc
  • collect data about a sample of daily experiences, participants report their thoughts and feelings at specific times across the day
  • at the end of the day participants recall their experiences

4. External validity:

  • the extent to which a study’s findings generalise to other settings and samples
  • the extent to which a study's findings have a p-value which is significant
  • the extent to which a study’s findings unambiguously establish a cause-effect relationship between the independent and dependent variable
  • the extent to which a study's findings are reliable

5. Which of these creates the highest level of internal validity?

  • Lab studies
  • Field studies
  • Ambulatory physiological monitoring
  • Experience sampling method

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