What are the 3 most prominent criteria for the evaluation of social research?
Reliability, replication and validity
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What is reliability?
The consistency of a study
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What is replication?
A term referring to the repetition of a study
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What is validity?
Validity is concerned with the integrity of the conclusions that are generated from a piece of research
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What types of validity are there?
Measurement, internal, external, ecological and inferential validity
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What is measurement validity?
The degree to which a concept measures what it claims to measure
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What is internal validity?
The extent to which a piece of evidence supports a claim about cause and effect in a study
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What is external validity?
External validity is concerned with the question of whether the results of a study can be generalised beyond the specific research context
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What is ecological validity?
Ecological validity is concerned with the question of whether social scientific findings are applicable to people's every day, natural social settings
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What is inferential validity?
Whether the authors of a report of research produce inferences and draw conclusions that are warranted by their research and the findings generated from it
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What is a variable?
An attribute on which cases vary
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What are the 4 aspects of trustworthiness in research?
Credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability
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What are the 4 main ethical issues?
Harm to participants, lack of informed consent, invasion of privacy and deception
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What are some examples of harm to participants?
Physical harm, harm to participants' development, loss of self-esteem, stress etc
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What is covert observation?
When the researcher's true identity is unknown
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What is deception?
Deception occurs when researchers represent their work as something other than what it is
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