External validity: Definition and explanation
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What is external validity? Why is it important in a research study? How can a researcher establish external validity within a study?
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External validity refers to whether you can generalize your results beyond your study. When we do a study, we always use a sample, but we want to draw inferences beyond that sample. (There's not much point in doing a study if what we learn applies only to ...
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