Internal Validity Is

question 4

Multiple Choice

Internal validity is:

• A) an educated guess or statement to be supported by the data
• B) the extent to which the results of the study can be generalized or applied outside the immediate study
• C) the extent to which the results of the study can be attributed to the independent variable
• D) none of the above are correct

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Definitions:

P < 0.05

A statistical threshold indicating that the observed results are significant with a probability of less than 5% being due to chance.

Obtained Value

The actual value measured or computed from a data set or experiment, often compared against a theoretic or critical value in hypothesis testing.

Population Standard Deviation

The population standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of values within a population, quantifying how much the values differ from the population mean.

Square Root

A value that, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number, representing the inverse operation of squaring.