RESEARCH METHODS - 1.12 Validity

Question 1

Define Validity

Answer 1

The extent to which the researcher claims to be testing

Question 2

Define Internal Validity

Answer 2

How well an experiment controls confounding variables

Question 3

Define Ecological Validity

Answer 3

To which extent the findings in one situation generalise to the other situations

Question 4

Define Mundane Realism

Answer 4

The extent to which a task is represented to the real world

Question 5

Define Face Validity

Answer 5

Measure of validity that indicates if a measure seems to test what is claims to be testing

Question 6

Define Concurrent Validity

Answer 6

When a test correlates well with the measure that was validated previously

Question 7

Define Generalisability

Answer 7

How wide the findings of the study applies to other settings and populations

Question 8

Define Demand Characteristics

Answer 8

Features of an experiment that may give away the aims

Question 9

Define Objectivity

Answer 9

Unbiased viewpoint that is unaffected by an individual’s feelings, beliefs / experiences, allowing them to be consistent between different researchers

Question 10

Define Subjectivity

Answer 10

Personal viewpoint that is biased by one’s feelings, beliefs / experiences and it can differ between researchers