GSLC LibGuides: Inquiry & Research: The 5 Inquiry Pathways: Quantitative Validity and Reliability

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Validity and Reliability
Appraising Research

Construct Validity
This document covers threats to and tests for construct validity.
External Validity
This is a bullet point document covering study generalization issues and threats.
Statistical Conclusion
This is a bullet point document listing and describing threats to statistical conclusions.
Limitations of Internal
This is a bullet point list and description of threats to study validity based on Cook and Campbell's 1979 Quasi-Experimental design book.
Reliability and Validity
This is a power point presentation on the types of reliability and validity in quantitative research.
Qualitative Design Validity

King (2021) reading, understanding, and critiquing journal articles with comparative research study design.
Power Point for one of Holly King's reading, understanding, and critiquing inter-residency sessions.
King (2021) critiquing journal articles using correlational research study example
Power Point for one of Holly King's reading, understanding, and critiquing inter-residency sessions.

Selected Bibliographical Materials

Chapter 4- Statistical Conclusion Validity for Intervention Research (pp. 101-120) by Lipsey
From Bickman, L. (2000). Validity and social experimentation (Ser. Donald campbell's legacy, v. 1). Sage Publications.
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Chapter 14- Validity in Multimedia and Mixed Methods by Bleijenbergh and Fielden
in Bendl, R., Bleijenbergh, I., Henttonen, E., & Mills, A. J. (Eds.). (2016). The oxford handbook of diversity in organizations (Ser. Oxford handbooks online). Oxford University Press.
Chapter 26- Examining Diversity in Organizations from Critical Perspectives: The Validity of the Research Process by Bleijenbergh and Fielden
in Bendl, R., Bleijenbergh, I., Henttonen, E., & Mills, A. J. (Eds.). (2016). The oxford handbook of diversity in organizations (Ser. Oxford handbooks online). Oxford University Press.
Chapter 1-- Introduction (pp. 1-26) by Girden & Kabacoff
in Girden, E. R., & Kabacoff, R. (2011). Evaluating research articles from start to finish (3rd ed.). SAGE Publications.
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Chapter 3- Construct validity and external validity by Shadish, Cook, Campbell
in:Shadish, W. R., Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (2002). Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for generalized causal inference. Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
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Chapter 2: Validity and ethics: Can we know, should we know, and can we afford not to know (pp. 37-70) by Mitchell & Jolie
Publication Date: 2013 (8th)
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Chapter 4- Reliability and Validity by Schuyler Huck
ISBN: 9780132178631
Publication Date: 2011-02-24
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Validity & social experimentation. Donald Campbell's legacy. Volume 1 by Leonard Bickman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780761911609
Publication Date: 2000-01-21
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