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Why internal validity is not prior to external validity

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Summary, in English

We show that the common claim that internal validity should be understood as prior to external validity has, at least, three epistemologically problematic aspects: experimental artefacts, the implications of causal relations, and how the mechanism is

measured. Each aspect demonstrates how important external validity is for the internal validity of the experimental result.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Publication/Series

Philosophy of Science Assoc. 23rd Biennial Mtg (San Diego, CA) > PSA 2012 Contributed Papers

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Phil Sci Archives

Topic

  • Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
  • Philosophy

Keywords

  • internal validity
  • external validity
  • causation
  • Campbell
  • Cronbach

Conference name

Philosophy of Science Assoc. 23rd Biennial Mtg

Conference date

2012-11-15

Status

Published