Reliability

Question 1

define test retest reliability

Answer 1

same people/group asked to take the research measure on different occasions the 2 different results are then correlated

Question 2

define inter-observer reliability

Answer 2

the extent to which 2 or more observers are observing and recording behaviour in a consistent way. they observe separately to void bias then correlate results to see if they are suitability similar

Question 3

define internal validity

Answer 3

a measure of whether the results obtained are affected only by the IV

Question 4

define external validity

Answer 4

measure whether data can be generalised to other situations outside of the research environment

Question 5

define temporal validity (external)

Answer 5

extent to which research findings can be applied overtime

Question 6

define ecological validity (external)

Answer 6

extent to which psychologists can apply their findings to other settings, how generalisable the findings are to the real world

Question 7

define face validity

Answer 7

method to test validity- measure of whether it looks subjectively promising that the tool is measuring what it should be measuring