Types of validity

Question 1

internal Validity

Answer 1

Is the study and method measuring what it claims to measure?

Question 2

Face validity

Answer 2

An independent expert looks at the measure and assesses whether it is measuring what it’s meant to measure

Question 3

Concurrent validity

Answer 3

Comparing new processes to an existing, similar, valid procedure. Then if it has a 0.8 correlation, it is valid

Question 4

Ecological validity

Answer 4

Can you generalize the results to different settings?

Question 5

Temporal validity

Answer 5

Can you generalize the results to a different era/ time period

Question 6

Mundane realism

Answer 6

Is the task reflective of a real-life task

Question 7

Population validity

Answer 7

Can you generalize the results to different people

Question 8

External validity

Answer 8

Can the results be generalized outside the experiment