Select one of the studies presented at a Friday seminar workshop during the first semester. For this study, identify both a threat to internal validity and a threat to construct validity. In each instance, explain why the threat that you’ve identified is a threat and how significant a threat it is.
King, Massoud and Song (2016), suffers from multiple validity threats of varying degrees of significance.
Internal Validity
As the principle-agent problem goes much of the way to explain the results of the paper, leaving a very serious internal validity concern for this paper. The authors’ finding, inappropriately structured contracts lead to losses for investors, is uncannily similar to that of the principle-agent problem. In this instance, investor
King, Massoud and Song (2016), suffers from multiple validity threats of varying degrees of significance.
Internal Validity
As the principle-agent problem goes much of the way to explain the results of the paper, leaving a very serious internal validity concern for this paper. The authors’ finding, inappropriately structured contracts lead to losses for investors, is uncannily similar to that of the principle-agent problem. In this instance, investor