When a Study Has High Ecological Validity

question 54

Multiple Choice

When a study has high ecological validity,

• A) people tend to receive similar scores on two different versions of a relevant test.
• B) people typically make more errors than if the test is low in ecological validity.
• C) at least two researchers recorded the answers supplied by the participants.
• D) the methods and results apply to real world applications or settings.

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Definitions:

Proposition

An assertion that outlines an opinion or judgment.

Venn Diagram

A diagram representing mathematical or logical sets pictorially as circles or closed curves within an enclosing rectangle (the universal set), with all possible logical relations between them.

Universal Proposition

A type of categorical proposition that makes a claim about all members of a particular category, e.g., "All S are P".

Venn Diagram

A graphical representation using circles to depict sets and how they interrelate via overlapping and distancing.