Validity

Question 1

Face validity

Answer 1

assessing whether or not something measures what it claims to measure, which is concerned with its face value

Question 2

Concurrent validity

Answer 2

involves comparing a new test with an existing test to see if they produce similar results. If they do, the new test is said to have concurrent validity

Question 3

Prediction validity

Answer 3

This is the degree to which a test accurately predicts a criterion that will occur in the future

Question 4

construct validity

Answer 4

he extent to which a test captures a specific theoretical construct or trait, and it overlaps with some of the other aspects of validity

Question 5

Internal validity

Answer 5

whether the effects observed in a study are due to the manipulation of the independent variable and not some other factor

Question 6

External validity

Answer 6

refers to the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other settings (ecological validity), other people (population validity) and over time (historical validity)