reliability vs validity Flashcards

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reliability

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  • consistency

- another experimenter will perform exactly the same experiment under the same conditions and generate the same result

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validity

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  • accuracy
  • it measures what it claims to be measuring - a test on memory should measure memory and not something else like intelligence
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internal validity

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  • extent to which a conclusion can be drawn about the sample related to the presence of extraneous variables
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external validity

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  • extent to which the results/conclusion can be generalised to the sample’s population
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