Validity

Question 1

What is validity

Answer 1

How true or legitimate an explanation is

Question 2

What is internal validity

Answer 2

What goes on in the study and an effect of the study was due to the experiment manipulation rather than other factors or variables

Question 3

What is external validity

Answer 3

The degree of which findings can be generalised

Question 4

What are the 3 ways of assessing validity

Answer 4

-face validity
-concurrent validity
-predicted validity

Question 5

What is face validity

Answer 5

It is whether the test is measuring what they claim to measure

Question 6

What is concurrent validity

Answer 6

The extent of which data from a new test is similar to the original test

Question 7

What is predicted validity

Answer 7

How well a test can predict future events or behaviours

Question 8

How do you improve validity in experiments

Answer 8

Using a control group to assess whether the changes in the DV Is due to the IV

Question 9

Ways to improve validity in questionnaires

Answer 9

Include a lie scale to control the effects of social desirability bias and assess consistency

Question 10

Qualitative methods- assess validity

Answer 10

Qualitative methods of research have higher ecological validity then quantitative
The researcher must still demonstrate interpretative validity of their conclusion- this is the extent to which the researchers interpretation of events matched those of their pps
Validity is further enhanced through triangulation- the use of a number of different sources as evidence