Reliability and validity Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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reliability
A
he consistency of an outcome or result of an investigation
2
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validity
A
whether the test measures what was intended
3
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internal validity
A
whether the measures used in a test genuinely test what they were designes to test
4
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external validity
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whether the findings are generalisable to the target population
5
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qualitative methods
A
ways of conducting research that find out new information rather thsn testing a prediction and tht gather quantitative data
6
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resarcher bias
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when a researcher interprets the oucome of a study according to their own view
7
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triangulation
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when more than one measure is takes for a behaviour to cross-validate the findings
8
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quantitative methods
A
ways of conducting research that test a prediction and gather quantitative data
