The internal validity obsession

Gregory Mitchell;

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The internal validity obsession

Gregory Mitchell

CO-AUTHORS Philip E. Tetlock

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences

DATE

2022-05

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UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Gregory Mitchell

Center for Empirical Studies in Law

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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Gregory Mitchell & Philip E. Tetlock, The internal validity obsession, 45 Behavioral and Brain Sciences e83 (2022).

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