Validity Flashcards
What is historical validity?
Refers to the time results that were obtained in history
What is ecological validity?
Behaviour is true to real life
What is population validity?
How well the sample can be used to represent the population as a whole
How can toy improve th external validity of psychological research?
Stratified sampling
What is validity?
The extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure
What is external validity?
Refers to the extent to which the results of a study can be generalised
What is construct validity?
The ability of a measurement tool to actually measure the psychological concept being studied
What is internal validity?
The degree to which the independent variable causes the changes seen in the dependent variable
What is face validity?
Whether the test appeared to of measured what it claimed to
What is concurrent validity?
The degree to which a test corresponds to an external criterion
What is predictive validity?
The data helps predict future behaviour
