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Discuss the Concepts of Reliability and Validity as They Pertain

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Discuss the concepts of reliability and validity as they pertain to psychological testing.


Definitions:

Internal Validity

The extent to which a study effectively demonstrates a causal relationship between variables, minimizing the impact of confounding variables.

Treatment Conditions

Describes the different circumstances or interventions applied to study groups in experimental research to examine their effects on outcomes.

Quasi-Experimental Design

A research design that lacks the full control or random assignment of experimental studies but attempts to determine cause-and-effect relationships among variables.

Nonequivalent Groups Design

A quasi-experimental study design where subjects are not randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, potentially leading to differing group characteristics.

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