Validity Flashcards
What is validity
How accurate the data is
What is internal validity
Measure of whether the results obtained are solely affected by changes in the IV.
What is external validity
Measure of whether data can be generalised to other situations outside of the research environment.
What is face validity
Does it appear to measure what it intends to measure
What is concurrent validity
Where the performance of one test is compared to a trustworthy one in the same field.
What is ecological validity
The extent to which the findings can be applied to everyday life.
What is temporal validity
The extent to which the findings can be applied across time.
What can improve questionnaire validity
A lie scale
Anonymous results
What can improve observation validity
Covert observation
standardised instructions
What can improve experiment validity
Single/double-blind procedure
compare to a control group
What can improve interview validity
Triangulation
Direct quotations when transcribing.
What is a single blind procedure
Participants do not know what condition they are in.
What is a double blind procedure
Participants and researchers don’t know what conditions they are in.
What is a lie scale
Two questions that ask the same thing in opposite ways.
‘I generally sleep well at night’
‘My sleeping has gotten worse’ Both rated 5 (strongly agree)
