Below are technical terms that describe foundational concepts in research design:

• Epistemology (in research)
• Ontology (in research)
• Axiology (in research)
• Reliability
• Validity
• Internal validity
• External validity
• Statistical conclusion validity
• Content validity
• Construct validity
• Criterion (or criterion-related) validity
• Applied research
• Basic research
• Experimental design (experiments)
• Quasi-experimental design (quasi-experiments)

For each term, provide a written definition for each term expressed in your words, but supported by citation(s). Also, provide a brief description of why the concept represented by the term is important in research design (again, cite one or more sources). Please do NOT copy the brief definitions from the back of the Salkind text.

Next, address the following prompts, in writing:

1. Compare and contrast research epistemology, ontology, and axiology
2. Compare and contrast reliability, validity, and generalizability
3. Compare and contrast Internal, external, and statistical conclusion validity. Next, compare and contrast construct, content, criterion validity. Finally, compare and contrast the first three (Internal, external, and statistical conclusion) as a group with the second three (construct, content, criterion-related) as a group.
4. Compare and contrast basic and applied research.
5. Compare and contrast experimental to non-experimental research design.

Submit an approximately 10 page written paper, to include both the definitions and the comparison contrast responses. Include a list of references at the end. The written report should conform to EITHER the most recent publication style of the American Psychological Association (APA) or the most recent version of the Chicago Manual of Style, which includes references as footnotes (each student may choose which style to follow).