ABSTRACT
Perhaps the quintessential goal in science is to ensure the accuracy of a study’s results. When this goal is met, a study’s conclusions can be generalized to a larger space of potential measurements and ultimately to an intended spectrum of generalization instead of being restricted to just the observed events and the sample in question. This goal is encapsulated in concepts such as measurement representativeness, which refers to the degree to which observations can stand for other nonmeasured events (McArdle, 1994), and validity, which refers to the degree of veridicality of conclusions that are drawn from empirical findings.
