Validity

Question 1

What is validity?

Answer 1

How much you are measuring and what you set out to measure

Question 2

What is internal validity?

Answer 2

The extent to which the method you use is really measuring what you intended to measure

Question 3

What is external validity?

Answer 3

The extent to which your findings can be generalised from the lab to the real world or a larger population

Question 4

What is ecological validity?

Answer 4

Whether data is generalisable to the real world, based on the conditions research is conducted under and procedures involved

Question 5

What is temporal validity?

Answer 5

This is high when research findings successfully apply across time

Question 6

What is population validity?

Answer 6

Whether you can reasonably generalise the findings from your sample to a larger group of people

Question 7

What is concurrent validity?

Answer 7

Whether a measure is in agreement with pre-existing measures that are validated to test for the dame or a very similar concept

Question 8

What is face validity?

Answer 8

A measure of whether it looks subjectively promising that a tool measures what it’s supposed to