Author Question: When conducting psychological research we want the research to be valid. Reliability and validity ... (Read 91 times)

jazziefee · **on:** Jul 13, 2018

When conducting psychological research we want the research to be valid. Reliability and validity are necessary ingredients of valid research. The relationship between validity and reliability is that

a. if the research is reliable you can be certain that it is valid.
b. reliability causes validity.
c. the research must be reliable for it to be valid but a reliable research measurement is not necessarily valid.
d. the research must be valid for it to be reliable

Question 2

What are the advantages of quantitative nonreactive research?

A) Researchers have control over the data collection methods.
B) It is less expensive.
C) It is often faster and easier to collect data.
D) It gives solid results.