What is the difference between internal and external validity?
Internal validity is whether the design supports the causal claim within the study. External validity is whether the finding generalizes beyond it. Tight laboratory control raises the first and often lowers the second, and acknowledging that trade-off is usually rewarded.
This comes up on Psychology Research Methods, where it is answered in the context of the work itself.
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