Validity Flashcards
What is validity?
How genuine or legitimate an observed effect is?whether research is measuring what it intended to measure
What is internal validity ?
If there’s control within a study e.g. Reducing demand characteristics
What is external validity?
Generalising to other settings, population, era etc
Ecological validity?
Can the findings be generalised to other settings e.g. everyday life
What is temporal validity?
Are the findings consistent over time , different time periods
Population validity?
Can the findings be generalised to the whole population
3 types of external validity?
Ecological
Temporal
Population
What type of validity suggest the test measures what it claims to?
Face validity
Which type of validity compares the created test to a well established test?
Concurrent validity
What is predictive validity?
Th extent to which a test actually predict future outcomes
What is construct validity?
The extent to which the test is measuring the concept(construct) it is claiming to measure
What are the 4 test validity’s?
Concurrent
Construct
Predictive
Face
