Validity

this case, losing the the trust of Jennifer Aniston and her trust going forward. Use photos that you absolutely know are real and have been approved by all parties. In this case, Redbook did not justify their thinking. They should have verified the validity of the photo with Aniston’s publicist. This would have kept their loyalty to the public by presenting the truth. 2. The Enlightenment philosophy of “what is verifiable, replicable, universal,” holds true to our case study. If Redbook would…

Memory is a cognitive process whose reliability is often questioned, especially in its importance in eyewitness testimonies. Eyewitness testimonies refers to an account given by people who have witnessed a specific event. Eyewitness testimonies are also one of the major areas of research for cognitive psychology and memory. Eyewitness testimonies are vital factors used, in legal systems, as evidence for criminal trials. These testimonies rely on the accuracy of human memory to decide whether a…

“without which we cannot hope to elucidate even the most elementary forms of law” . Furthermore, Hart specified three main secondary rules one of which is the rule of recognition. This rule is used as an instrument by which one can determine the validity of all other rules. Dworkin criticise Hart’s rule of recognition saying that law is not only made up of rules but also of principles and policies on which judges will rely in hard cases. Example for Dworkin’s criticism can be seen in the case…

Validity Testing. Before using the questionnaire to collect the data, the validity to the respondent must firstly be tested by using correlation technique "Product Moment" against each item statement/question on the research instrument with Karl Pearson coefficient formula. Validity coefficient is significant if r output > 0 and each item question/statement in the instrument is valid if routput…

A within subject’s experimental design, compared the perceived differences in length of different sized paperclips on different body parts. The perceived distance of the paperclips, were rated on a scale of 0 to 2; zero meaning equal, one meaning shorter and two meaning longer. There were three conditions; the Finger-Wrist condition, the Finger-Forearm condition, and the Wrist-Forearm condition. 20-psychology students participated in the study. All 20 participants participated in all three…

The purpose of this study was to analyze the validity in predicting violent behavior of ASPD inmates while in prison. There are very few past studies examining the behavior of inmates diagnosed with ASPD in correctional institutes. This study took inmates who were newly convicted, within 1 year, and studied their behavior in prison. There were 353 participants who were interviewed using the Structured Clinical Interview to determine and personality disorders. The participants were recruited from…

Due to the decline of the number of listeners and sales, the manager of the WWAC radio station is concluding that they should change their current rock- music format to a news-and-talk one. While the argument initially seems sound, the validity is questionable when taking into account the argument’s overall lack of thoroughness and detailed facts. To begin, the WWAC should verify if a decrease in their viewership is truly due to a rock-music format or not. While the arguer makes the assumption…

According to the course text, here are many strengths and weakness of field research. These strengths and weakness include: validity, reliability, and generalizability. Conducting field studies of behavior is more appropriate than trying to measure behavior through surveys. For example, the counts of seatbelts use or theft by shoppers obtain through observation are not subject to the effects of social desirability that we may expect in survey questions about those specific behaviors. Next,…

Sample The population of interest for this study were employed women (ranging in ages from 18-45) living in the United States. A list of employees from four different types of occupations were used as a sampling frame to form a population to sample from. Employment records from traditionally male-dominated workplaces: Engineering and police work as well as from female-dominated workplaces: nursing and reception work (INSERT CITATION FROM WEBSITE). By using this sampling frame, it should…

As the PSQ-18 was developed with the goal of creating an abbreviated edition of the most recent iteration of the full length form (PSQ-III), it should be necessary to establish the validity of the PSQ family of instruments. According to Marshall, Hays, Sherbourne, & Wells (1993) the PSQ-III was previously identified as being capable of providing accurate representations of global satisfaction levels as measured for specific instances…