Question

Discuss the internal and external validity of the Clark and Hatfield Gender Differences in Receptivity to Sexual Offersstudy presented in the paper. You should include discussion of which (if either) was more represented, and why you think so. What are the implications of the validity of the study? For example, how could the study be improved, should we be cautious about assuming causality, etc

Answer 1

Inner legitimacy alludes to understanding whether the outcomes acquired on the examination are a consequence of the control of autonomous variable or because of the impact of outer variable. For example, the specialist does an exploration concentrate to see whether if encouraging style has any impact on knowledge. Here the autonomous variable is instructing style. Interior legitimacy is understanding in the case of differing instructing style has any impact on understudies to enable them to get a handle regarding the matter better or was it outer variable like commotion, which influenced the investigation.

Outer variable then again alludes to the degree which the outcomes on an examination can be summed up to different circumstances. For example, each culture is extraordinary. An instructing style that may have impact on insight in one culture might not have a similar impact on another culture. The degree to which the outcomes can be summed up to different circumstances is the outer legitimacy of the test.