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Research Methods Psychology - Ashley > Validity > Flashcards

Validity Flashcards

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Validity

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How reliable something is

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Ecological validity

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Ability to generalise results beyond where you found them, apply to outside world

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Concurrent validity

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Compare new test to old test of same nature and correlate the scores between both sets of data

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Population validity

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Findings of study can be generalised to other groups besides those who took part in it

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Temporal validity

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Valid at the time but wouldn’t hold true today

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Face validi ty

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Something that on the surface looks like it makes sense

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Research Methods Psychology - Ashley (16 decks)

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