Article: Eating Cigaretity. Why Or Why Not?

Chapter 1: Using key words from Chapter discuss whether the article is valid or credible. Why or why not? The article is both valid and credible as the author uses historical statistical information to identify prevalence within the target population, although it is not stated where the statistical information was derived from. Although this information is vulnerable to falsifiability it does not appear that this has occurred. The validity of the information provided in the article is further supported by the key terms of intuition, empiricism and behavioral science. Intuition applies to the article in that a person in the military or very closely affiliated with the military, its rules and customs, could draw the general conclusion that eating disorders may occur at a higher than average rate. Empiricism applies to the findings as an observational analysis as well. The requirement, on pain of punishment or discharge, for members to remain within their height and weight standards almost fosters an environment of unhealthy eating and dieting culture. Behavioral science further supports the article and its findings as …show more content…
The dependent variables in this case are the stressors, regulations, Command climate, sexual preference, medical issues that arise from the eating disorder and previous eating habits of the individual. The construct of the study is valid as it has withstood peer review and actually references other works on the subject. Internal validity appears to be valid because of the strong correlation between the Dependent and Independent variables. External validity is strong as well as this study can be applied to all the military services and any institution that places these kind of restraints on their members i.e. College wrestling