Examine the reasons why reliability and validity are important in research.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Review Chapter 8 in the course text, Research Design, and the “Quantitative Methods: Examples” media segment.
  • Explain how survey and experimental methods—including components, terminology, elements, statistics, etc.—are similar and different.
  • Determine which kinds of research questions would be served by a survey or an experimental method.
  • Examine the reasons why reliability and validity are important in research.
  • Generalize about how popular quantitative methods are in your discipline.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post 2–3 paragraphs that compare survey strategies of inquiry with experimental strategies of inquiry.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the reading(s) and/or media segment(s) and use APA format.


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