Problem
Imagine you are a researcher who wants to know how many students at your school experience food insecurity. Think about the concepts of reliability, validity, and generalizability that you've learned about in this chapter, and consider how you would design your study to meet these criteria. How will you ensure that your research is reliable, valid, and generalizable? Answer the following questions in paragraph format:
• Why does the reliability of research matter?
o How might the conclusions of your food insecurity research be incorrect if the research is not reliable?
• Why does the validity of research matter?
o How might the conclusions of your food insecurity research be incorrect if the research is not valid?
• Why does the level of generalizability of research matter?
o How might the conclusions of your food insecurity research be incorrect if the research is not generalizable?