Validity Flashcards
Reliability refers to when taking _______ ________, will they ______________________
= taking multiple measurements, will they be consistent
test-retest reliability refers to what?
Measuring the same thing at two different time points, will they match
Test-retest reliability can be visualized in an
A Aldermann Plot
B Q-Q plot
C Altman plot
D both B and C
C Altman plot
Internal consistency refers to if _____ of the same _______ are _________. It can be measured using ___-_____ correlations, obtaining a ________ alpha.
Internal consistency = if items of the same category are consistent/correlated
tested using split half correlation obtaining Cronbach’s alpha value
What is inter-rater reliability?
How can it be measured?
What is the test value?
If 2 separate observers/ researchers give the same rating/result
interclass correlation, Cohen’s K
What does construct validity refer to?
How well a measure relates to the theoretical concept you are studying
Construct validity has what 3 main components
describing concepts and relationships
developing measures based on theory
empirically test relationships
Content validity refers to how well a ____________________________________
how well a measure relates all facets in a given construct
Something can only be labelled an experiment if there is _____________
A at least one variable
B a control variable
C A manipulation
D none of the above
C A manipulation
Internal validity refers to how well an experiment ___________________________
how well an experiment captures a manipulated change
captures the causal relationship
Confounds are threats to _______ _______. They can affect both the _______ variable and the ________ variable. They interfere with the ______ ________.
Confounds = threats to internal validity
can affect dependent variable and independent variable
interfere with causal relationship
What are 3 threats to internal validity to do with participants?
Participant selection
participant motivation
maturation
What are 3 threats to internal validity to do with testing and measuring?
experimenter training
equipment decay - faulty measure
lack of random assignment
What is external validity?
how well findings relate to irl and conceptually similar circumstances
generalizability
There is typically a trade off between ______ validity and ______ validity/________
typically trade off between external validity and internal validity/control
When ensuring external validity, we must make sure our study findings will relate to
other ________
other_________
other________
and other________
other outcome measures
other people
other manipulations
other settings
What 3 other main validities are concerned with external validity?
population validity
ecological validity
multiple treatment inference (carry over effects)
Population validity refers to how well the _____ captures the _______
how well sample captures population
True or false, population validity is only concerned with humans, not animals.
False
W.E.I.R.D stands for
Western
Eductated
Industrialized
Rich
Democratic
S.T.R.A.N.G.E stands for
social background
trappability
rearing history
acclimation
Natural changes in responsiveness
genetic make-up
experience
Ecological validity refers to how well findings generalise to a ______ _______ setting
refers to how well findings generalize to a real world setting