Types of Validity Flashcards
What does validity mean?
Extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure
What are the two broad categories of validity?
- Internal validity
- External validity
What does mundane realism refer to?
How a study mirrors the real world
What are two types of external validity?
- Temporal validity
- Ecological validity
What is a type of internal validity?
Face validity
What is internal validity?
What goes on inside a study
What is internal validity concerned with?
- IV produced the change in the DV
- Researcher tested what was meant to be tested
- Study possessed mundane realism
How do you obtain high internal validity?
- Design the research carefully
- Control extraneous variable
- Testing what you intended to test
What is external validity?
- Affected by internal validity
- The ability to generalise the results of a study to different places or people
What is ecological validity?
Ability to generalise the results of a study to different place or setting
What is population validity?
Ability to generalise results of a study to different people or population
What is face validity?
Whether a test measures what is supposed to measure
How do you assess validity?
Using concurrent validity
What is concurrent validity?
How closely matched the results are to another well established test (Must exceed +0.8)
How do you improve the validity of experimental research?
- Control group (test whether changes are dependent on IV)
- Standardise procedure (reduces participants reactivity and investigator effect)
- Use single or double blind research
