Research Methods; Validity

Question 1

What is validity?

Answer 1

Whether a measure actually measures what it claims to be measuring.

Question 2

Face validity?

Answer 2

A measure of whether it looks subjectively promising that a tool measures what it’s supposed to.

Question 3

Internal validity?

Answer 3

A measure of whether results obtained are solely affected by changes in the variable being manipulated

Question 4

Construct validity?

Answer 4

Asks whether a measure successfully measures the concept it is supposed to

Question 5

Concurrent validity?

Answer 5

Asks whether a measure is in agreement with pre-existing
measures that are validated to test for the same [or a very similar] concept

Question 6

External validity?

Answer 6

A measure of whether data can be generalised to other situations outside of the research environment they were originally gathered in.

Question 7

Temporal validity?

Answer 7

This is high when research findings successfully apply across
time.

Question 8

Ecological validity?

Answer 8

Whether data is generalisable to the real world.

Question 9

Population validity?

Answer 9

Whether data from the sample is generalisable to the
population.