Kuusi, Cuhls and Steinmüller [4] make a distinction between internal and external validity for evaluating the quality of futures research, and argue that an internally valid futures research process in turn promotes valid results, i.e., external validity of the research process.
Validity of the research is difficult to achieve if the researcher cannot identify bias and manipulative control over what results are deemed relevant to the study (Creswell and Miller 2000).
Triangulation of data from different sources (e.g., open-ended written answers, government documents) and using verbatim quotes of what participants actually written connected the researchers' interpretations to increase the validity of the research findings [ 31, 32, 35].
The research's findings were compared and contrasted with existing literature, and member validation was applied, to verify those findings and increase the validity of the research [ 33, 40, 41].
But Dr. Fox was more concerned about the validity of the research, Dr. Zonderman said.
Merck has contested the validity of the research received by the F.D.A.
The validity of the research is verified by FEM.
Drug developers tightly enforce parameters on who can participate in these trials, citing concerns about safety and the validity of the research.
The reliability and validity of the research questionnaire items were tested.
In addition, the studies report several findings that confirmed the validity of the research methods applied.
(Microsoft claims that in developing OneCare, it conducted exhaustive research into what bugs PC users most. Incredibly, spam wasn't among the top responses, which kind of makes you wonder about the validity of the research).
