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Experiments are not valid.

May 29th, 2007

Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is experimental validity in the mind of the inferrer.*
If this sounds like nonsense, I heartily recommend the following lit review by Albright and Malloy.**
Albright, L., Malloy, T.E. (2000) Experimental validity: Brunswik, Campbell, Cronbach, and enduring issues. Review of General Psychology, Vol 4(4), Dec 2000. […]