How to evaluate a piece of researchMeaning a study

Generalisability (S E T) Can this piece of research generalise to the target

population? Is the sample representative?

Can this piece of research generalise to the real world? where was it conducted? Does it have ecological validity

Does the task that ppts were asked to do have mundane realism? Would you do it in everyday life?

So is the research imited in any way? The setting? The task? The sample? S E T

Reliability If this piece of research was replicated

would you get the same or very similar results?

Has is been standardised? Are the controls clearly described? Can we trust the results

Application Is this piece of research USEFUL?

Does it have real world application?

Who benefits from the results or conclusion of this research?

Validity Does this research actually measure what it

set out to measure ?

Were there any obvious confounding variables?

Did Bartlett actually investigate schemas and reconstructive memory or did he accidentally measure something else instead?

Ethics Is the research ethical? Does it breach any of the ethical guidelines

laid down by the BPS/APS

DRI PP

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GRAVE Evaluating research is a GRAVE issue