I carried out a series of experiments testing the effect of caffeine on mice. I used two mice. I fed one mouse caffeinated water and fed the other plain water. I then measured the ability of each mouse to find its way through a maze. I timed their progress. My results were exciting and conclusive, the caffeinated mouse found his way through the maze much more rapidly and accurately than the non-caffeinated mouse. I sent my results to a peer-reviewed journal but they rejected my paper. They said the results were not valid. Why?

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Simon Shelton

10 April, 13:28

I carried out a series of experiments testing the effect of caffeine on mice. I used two mice. I fed one mouse caffeinated water and fed the other plain water. I then measured the ability of each mouse to find its way through a maze. I timed their progress. My results were exciting and conclusive, the caffeinated mouse found his way through the maze much more rapidly and accurately than the non-caffeinated mouse. I sent my results to a peer-reviewed journal but they rejected my paper. They said the results were not valid. Why?

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Juan Richards · Answer 1

I didn't have enough mice in the study.

Explanation:

Validity: In psychological research, the term validity is defined as a particular test's capability of measuring what the test is required to measure. In validity, the term valid refers to strong.

Types: Construct, face, criterion, conclusion, internal, and external validity.

In the question above, they said that the results were not valid because I didn't have enough mice in the study. For any research to work properly or give rise to a valid result then the research should include enough subjects to analyze the effect and therefore by having only two mice doesn't prove the study to be valid.