Chapter 5 Designing Valid Communication Research
Validity = accuracy Internal Validity External Validity
Measurement Validity and Reliability Measurement validity Measurement reliability
Testing measurement reliability Test-retest Split-half reliability Intercoder reliability
Testing Measurement Validity Content validity Criterion-related validity Construct validity
3 Threats to Internal Validity How research is conducted Threats due to research participants Threats due to the researcher
Threats to internal validity due to how research is conducted Procedure validity & reliability History Sleeper effect
Threats to internal validity due to how research is conducted con’t sensitization Data analysis
Threats to internal validity due to how research participants Hawthrone effect Selection Statistical regression
Threats to internal validity due to how research participants con’t Mortality Maturation Interparticipant Bias
Threats to internal validity due to how researcher Researcher personal attribute effect Researcher unintentional expectancy effect Researcher observational biases
Threats to External Validity Sampling Ecological Validity Replication
Threats to external validity due to sampling Population Target group census
Sampling Random sampling –Simple random sample –Systematic sample
Sampling Con’t Random sampling –Stratified sample –Cluster sample
Non-random sampling Convenience sample Volunteer sample Purposive Quota Network
Ecological Validity Natural settings Confederates
Replication Exact replication Partial replication Conceptual replication