Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (30.08.2024) Shift-II
A researcher conducts a study on a population and gets some results. To generalize these results to a different population, which of the following should be shown in the measurement?
AExternal validity ✓ Correct
BInternal validity
CEmissary validity
DDivergent validity
Correct answer: (A) External validity — Generalizing results requires external validity, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Generalizing results requires external validity, so that is the answer.
★External validity is the degree to which findings generalize.
★It measures how far results apply beyond the study sample.
★Internal validity instead concerns cause within the study.
★So generalizing to another population needs external validity.
★Hence external validity is correct.
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