Types of Validity

Question 1

explain internal validity?

Answer 1

• if effects observed are due to manipulation of IV or due to another factor
• demand characteristics STOP THIS

Question 2

explain concurrent validity?

Answer 2

• type of internal validity

- when results found are similar or the same as those obtained in another well established test

Question 3

explain face validity?

Answer 3

• type of internal validity

- extent to which a test/scale appears to measure what it is supposed to measure

Question 4

explain ecological validity?

Answer 4

• type of external validity
• extent to which findings can be generalised to from one setting to another
• lab= artificial=low ecological validity cannot be generalised to everyday life

Question 5

explain temporal validity?

Answer 5

• type of external validity

- ability to generalise findings beyond the particular historical context of the study.