4.2.3.1 TYPES OF VALIDITY

Question 1

what does validity do?

Answer 1

• focuses on accuracy
• accurately measuring what the study sets out to
• looks at what extent the findings can be generalised to the wider population and out of the research setting

Question 2

what is internal validity?
how can it be improved?

Answer 2

• measures whether the results are due to their manipulation of the IV and not confounding variables
• can be improved by reducing investigator effects and demand characteristics

Question 3

what is external validity?

Answer 3

• measures whether the results can be generalised beyond the research setting

looking at:
-> ecological validity
-> population validity
-> temporal validity

• can be improved by setting research/experiments in naturalistic environments

Question 4

what is ecological validity?

Answer 4

whether it can be generalised to other settings

Question 5

what is population validity?

Answer 5

whether it can be generalised to other people

Question 6

what is temporal validity?

Answer 6

when it can be generalised over time
- assesses how valid it remains over time

Question 7

what is predictive validity?

Answer 7

assesses validity by predicting how well a test does at predicting future behaviour

Question 8

what is concurrent validity?

Answer 8

assesses through correlation, correlating scores from research already existing and known to be valid

Question 9

what is face validity?

Answer 9

assesses whether something is what it looks like, to what extent does the item look like what the test measures