Lesson 8: Reliability and Validity Flashcards
1
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What is reliability?
A
Reliability refers to the consistency of a research study especially when a study is repeated again and the same results are gained on both occasions
2
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What is external reliability?
A
Whether a test and the results are consistent over time. Test-Retest method
3
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What is internal reliability?
A
Whether a test and the results gained are consistent within itself (Split half technique, do half and see if they get the same results)
4
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What is validity?
A
The study is measuring what it intends to measure hen referring to the aim of the study
5
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What is external validity
A
Can findings be generalised to other settings
6
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What is participant validity?
A
The results from the participants used in the study can be generalised to the target populations.
