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Validity posters

One of the ways for students to evaluate research is to look at its internal and external validity. In doing so, we use terms like construct, ecological, internal, or population validity. Getting students to link these concepts to actual research, however, is not easy. They tend to say, "Since it was done in a lab, the internal validity was high." If only that were always the case! The following activity is something...

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