RESEARCH METHODS- reliability and validity

Question 1

What is test-retest?

Answer 1

Is when you give the same test to the same person on two different occasions. If the results are the same or similar both times, this suggests they are reliable.

Question 2

What is inter-observer?

Answer 2

A way to test the reliability of observational studies.

Question 3

What is concurrent and face validity?

Answer 3

Concurrent-A test’s results are correlated with (i.e. similar to) the results of a similar test.
Face-The study just looks like it measures what it’s supposed to at face value.

Question 4

What is ecological and temporal validity?

Answer 4

Ecological-The extent to which a study’s findings apply outside of the environment it was conducted in (i.e. in real life or other contexts).
Temporal-The study’s results stay true over time.