scientific validity
Research findings hold
Scientific validity is the degree to which a study, method, or measurement actually tests what it claims to test.
A valid experiment isolates the variable in question; a valid survey measures the concept it purports to measure.
Threats to validity include confounding variables, biased samples, and flawed instruments.
The study's scientific validity was questioned because it lacked a control group.
- randomizationIntroducing chance systematically
- clinical trialHuman subject research experiment
- gold standardMeasure of ultimate quality
- control groupsUnaltered experimental baselines
- experimental designStructured plan for research
double blind · falsifiability · burden of proof · paradigms · theoretical framework · replication · empirical evidence · data integrity · calibration · logical reasoning · reproducibility · peer review · peer reviewed · cherry picking · statistical significance · margin of error · real-world application · ethical considerations
scientific validitypseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
junk science · quackery · charlatanism · superstition · magical thinking
scientific validitypseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
junk science · anecdotal evidence · quackery · unscientific · hearsay
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