External and internal validity
You are interested inunderstanding how a manager’s leadership style impacts the performance of awork group You are trying to decide the best way to design a research study toexamine this relationship and want to try to maximize both internal andexternal validity as well as control over extraneous variables
To what extent does the type ofresearch design used impact the extent of internal and external validity? Whatresearch design might you choose to study this topic?
Why is there a need for control ofextraneous variables when conducting research, and why is it important?
Let’s say you think the leader’sgender might be an extraneous variable in this study Discuss three techniquesyou might use to control this variable and how those techniques would be usedin this study
Is control always possible ordesirable? What conclusions can we draw about a study that lacks control?