AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND ETHICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized beyond the sample that was tested.
A
Reliability
B
Ecological validity
C
External validity
D
Internal validity
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -External validity is the extent to which you can generalize the findings of a study to other situations, people, settings, and measures.

Detailed explanation-2: -External validity is the validity of applying the conclusions of a scientific study outside the context of that study. In other words, it is the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to and across other situations, people, stimuli, and times.

Detailed explanation-3: -Therefore, The extent to which the findings of a research study are generalizable is called External validity.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ability to generalize the results from a given study to populations beyond the study subjects.

Detailed explanation-5: -Generalizability Overview Generalizability is applied by researchers in an academic setting. It can be defined as the extension of research findings and conclusions from a study conducted on a sample population to the population at large.

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