A primer on the validity typology and threats to validity in education research

• Published in: Asia Pacific education review Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 557 - 574
• Main Authors: Anglin, Kylie, Liu, Qing, Wong, Vivian C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Causality; Construct Validity; Education; Educational Practices; Educational Research; Inferences; Validity; Causal inference; Validity; Program evaluation; Impact evaluation

Given decision-makers often prioritize causal research that identifies the impact of treatments on the people they serve, a key question in education research is, “Does it work?”. Today, however, researchers are paying increasing attention to successive questions that are equally important from a pr...