Statistical Validity

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Valid reliability
“Statistical validity by definition refers to whether a statistical study is able to draw conclusions that are in agreement with statistical and scientific laws.” (Golafshani, 2003) With that being said, if a conclusion is drawn from a given data set after experimentation, it is said to be scientifically valid. Especially if the conclusion drawn from the experiment is scientific and relies on mathematical and statistical laws. Statistical reliability ensures the validity and precision of statistical analysis. The ability to reproduce the results over again using that same experiment.
Understanding Validity and Reliability
Take for example, a beginning archer having the target in sight. Ready, aim, fire; the shot is far left. …show more content…

How reliable is this questionnaire? Will they get similar results if they repeat their questionnaire soon after and conditions have not changed? Take for example, a group of patients comes into the office because they have “run out of options” and are in a deep state of depression, they have heard that a chiropractor can “turn the power back on” and the adjustments are “life changing.” If a questionnaire was administered to the same workers soon after the first one, the researchers would expect to find similar levels of depression. If the levels haven’t changed, the “repeatability” of the questionnaire would be high. This is called “Test retest reliability”. (Health, I. f., …show more content…

If something is measured repeatedly, for it to be considered reliable the same results should be apparent every time when recreating the experiment using the same set of procedures.” For example, when examining a patient, taking the height of the patient measuring at 68 inches. If that patient comes in a month later and measures 70 inches this is considered to be lacking reliability. This is because under the same conditions similar results should be found when the test is repeated for it to have external reliability (consistency) in findings. (S., 2015)
“Internal reliability in psychology refers to how well a measure is consistent within itself.” (S., 2015) With the example of the tape measure above; this means the tape measure should consistently measure the same throughout. Between each inch, the measurement should consistently be the same distance between each 1/8th of an inch.
When looking at the importance of both internal and external reliability. Both are considered to be important in their own way in the reliability of research. External is important to measure something that does not change regardless of when you measure it. Whereas, internal reliability is important if one wants to use the findings in relation to other variables.
External and Internal

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