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The internal validity obsession

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2022

Gregory Mitchell Open the ORCID record for Gregory Mitchell [Opens in a new window]  and
Philip E. Tetlock Open the ORCID record for Philip E. Tetlock [Opens in a new window]
Gregory Mitchell
Affiliation:
University of Virginia, School of Law, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA greg.mitchell@law.virginia.edu; https://www.law.virginia.edu/faculty/profile/pgm6u/1191856
Philip E. Tetlock
Affiliation:
Psychology Department and Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Solomon Labs, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. tetlock@wharton.upenn.edu; https://www.sas.upenn.edu/tetlock/bio
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Abstract

Until social psychology devotes as much attention to construct and external validity as it does to internal validity, the field will continue to produce theories that fail to replicate in the field and cannot be used to meliorate social problems.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e83
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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