Question

A researcher studies the impact of stress on college students' exam scores. Whether the results of the study help us to understand the relationship between job performance & stress level of real-life organizational workers is a question of:
a. internal validity
b. study confounds
c. external validity
d. the original research hypothesis

Answer 1

Answer:External Validity

Explanation:External validity means an outcome from a study can be expected to be used or applied to other situations. This means the outcome can be applied generally to other settings, it is not restricted to just one setting. For example this will mean the outcome can be applicable to other situations , time periods and other people.

Ecological validity is another part of external validity which means the outcome can be applicable in reality or in the real world.

Answer 2

Answer:

c. external validity

Explanation:

External validity of a research result is the extent that result can be applied or generalized to other situations, it is the validity of applying the results of a particular study to situations that is not within the scope of that study. Whether the results on impact of stress on college students's exam scores  can help to understand the relationship between job performance & stress level of real-life organizational workers is a question of external validity. How valid the results of the study will be in that particular scenario.