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1
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What is ‘selection bias’ a threat for & why?

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internal validity - participant different to non-participants

2
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What is ‘selection effects’ a threat to & why?

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external validity - generalisability to other populations

3
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What is ‘reactive effects’ a threat to & why?

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external validity - response to being in a study (HAWTHORNE EFFECT)

4
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What is ‘measurement effects’ a threat to & why?

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external validity - meaurement and testing affecs gernalisability

5
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Reliability addresses…

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a repeated measurement of assess providing a consistent result given the same cirrcustances

6
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The Hawthrone Effect is?

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A participants response of being in a study

7
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What does it mean if a outcome is ‘meaningful’?

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outcomes are credible, meaningful and related to the issues

8
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What does it mean if a outcome is ‘measureable’?

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Aendable to dependable measurement in some way

9
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What does it mean if a outcome is ‘responsive’?

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change that occurs is demonstrated in outcome measure

10
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What are the 6 threats to Internal Validity?

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History
Maturation
Testing
Instruentation
Mortality
Selection Bias
11
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What are the 3 threats to external validity?

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selection effects
reactive effects
measurement effects

12
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What is ‘History’ a threat for and why?

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internal validity - events happening outside of a study

13
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What is ‘Maturation’ a threat for and why?

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internal validity - changes over time

14
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What is ‘Testing’ a threat for and why?

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internal validity - changes due to experience of test

15
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What is ‘Instrumentation’ a threat for and why?

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internal validity - changes in measurement rather then change in status

16
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What is ‘Mortality’ a threat for and why?

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internal validity - people dropping out of study

17
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What is the main outcome for a study called?

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primary outcome

18
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What are the secondary outcomes?

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other outcomes of intrest

19
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What 5 things make a ‘appropiate’ outcome

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Meaningful
Measuable
Responsive
Valid
Reliable
20
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What is reliabilty?

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whether repeated measurement of assessents will provide a consistent result in same circcusatnces

21
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What is validity?

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do you measure what you intend to measure

22
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What is internal validity?

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study results legitmate because of the way the study was constructed

23
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What is external validity?

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whether results are transferable to other groups

24
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Whats another nae for ‘external validity’?

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generalisability

25
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Whats the effect of not being internal validity?

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you cannot have external validity