Question

Give examples of some questions you can ask to evaluate the external validity of a correlational study.

Answer 1

As an entity evaluating external validity for a co-relational study do my conclusion differ from another entity who is trying to achieve the same goal?

As an entity, have I considered all the required factors to evaluate external validity for a co-relational study?

As an entity, am I confident that the research I have performed on different people groups, at different times and places collates enough data that I can prove my critics wrong?

As an entity, going by the textbook meaning of a correlation study have I put the original thought in expanding the ‘variables’ factor?