Exam 13: External Validity

To determine whether a beneficial influence of therapy that has been found in a sample of women would also be found in a sample of men, the researcher will need to use which of the following?

In terms of learning about generalization across participants,

A variable that produces an interaction of the relationship between two other variables such that the relationship between them is different at different levels of that variable is a

Findings that do not generalize

In comparison to lab experiments, field experiments have the advantage of

A document that discusses the research in a given area with the goals of summarizing existing findings, making inferences about the conditions under which relationships do and do not occur, linking research to findings in other areas, and suggesting further research is called a

The idea of generalization is most closely related to

Inclusion criteria refer to which of the following?

Researcher Franklin tests the limiting conditions of a previous finding by adding a new control condition to the design.Franklin's experiment is a(n)

Which of the following serve to make meta-analysis objective?

Which of the following is true?

The primary goal of replication is to

A study involving the effect of physical activity on self-esteem has a p-value of .001 and has correctly ruled out all obvious alternative hypotheses.However, this study cannot be applied to any real-life settings.Thus it can be said to have __________.

Which of the following statistics is used as the dependent measure in a meta-analysis?

The major issue underlying external validity is that of

An experiment that is conducted in situations that are similar to everyday life experiences is said to have which of the following?

A participant replication should be conducted

The degree to which relationships among conceptual variables can be demonstrated in a wide variety of people and using a wide variety of manipulated or measured variables is known as which of the following?

Which of the following is NOT true regarding field experiments?

A collection of experiments in which a topic of interest is systematically studied through conceptual and constructive replications over time is known as a