Transcription of Threats to Internal & External Validity
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1 Robert S MichaelInternal & External Validity -1 Threats to Internal & External ValidityY520 Strategies for Educational InquiryRobert S MichaelRobert S MichaelInternal & External Validity -2 Why Use Experimental Designs?Man prefers to believe what he prefersto be true. Francis Bacon2 Robert S MichaelInternal & External Validity -3 Threats to Internal & External Validity Is the investigator s conclusion correct? Are the changes in the independent variable indeedresponsible for the observed variation in thedependent variable? Might the variation in the dependent variable beattributable to other causes?Robert S MichaelInternal & External Validity -4 Why is Internal Validity Important? We often conduct research in order to determinecause-and-effect relationships. Can we conclude that changes in the independentvariable caused the observed changes in thedependent variable?
3 Robert S Michael Internal & External Validity-5 Variables & Internal Validity Extraneous variables are variables that may compete with the independent variable in explaining the outcome of a study. A confounding variable is an extraneous variable that does indeed influence the dependent variable. A confounding variable systematically varies or ...
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