DQ1 week 1 psy 102. v PDF

Preview

Summary

When evaluating research, what factors should be considered? Why are these factors important? Provide some examples to illustrate the importance of each factor....

Description

When evaluating research, what factors should be considered? Why are these factors important? Provide some examples to illustrate the importance of each factor.

There are several factors to keep in mind when evaluating research. One is the sample size of the study, the larger the sample size the chance of replicating the study is higher (Weissmark, 2018). Two important factors that need to be considered when evaluating research are validity and reliability. Other factors to keep in mind are validity and reliability. Reliability refers to the consistency of the measure, whereas validity is the accuracy of the measure, in other words, the research is confident they are measuring what they believe they are measuring (Hacker & Sommers, 2017). Reliability alone is not enough when conducting research because the researcher can mistakenly be consistently inaccurate with measurements or measure the wrong things, therefore validity is required to ensure that is not the case (Hacker & Sommers, 2017).

Hacker, D., & Sommers, N. (2017). Research methods: Concepts and connections. New York, NY: Macmillan Education. ISBN-13: 9781319191559-Custom Weissmark, M. S. (2018). Evaluating Psychology Research. Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/justice-matters/201808/evaluating-psychology-research....