External Validity

Publisher

Sage

Date

2018

Covers the basics of traditional educational testing, measurement, and evaluation theory and methodology, as well as sociopolitical issues and trends influencing the future of that research and practice.

Citation

Gregory Mitchell, External Validity, in The Sage Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation, Sage, 654–657 (2018).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Gregory Mitchell

Center for Empirical Studies in Law

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