Validity

Question 1

What are examples of internal validity

Answer 1

Investigator effects, demand characteristics, confounding variable is, social desirability bias, poorly operationalise behavioural categories – all mean that a researcher may not be recording how people really think and behave

Question 2

What are types of external validity

Answer 2

Population
Ecological
Temporal

Question 3

What is population validity

Answer 3

Generalising from one sample to all people

Question 4

What is ecological validity

Answer 4

Generalising a research effect from one setting to another. It is affected by how the DV is measured and whether participants are aware they are being studied

Question 5

What is temporal validity

Answer 5

Generalising a research effect from one historical period to another

Question 6

What are 2 methods to assess validity

Answer 6

Face validity

Concurrent validity

Question 7

What is face validity

Answer 7

Whether a test or questionnaire items look like they are measuring what they claim to be measuring

Question 8

What is concurrent validity

Answer 8

Checking if a test relates well with existing validated measures

Question 9

How can you improve validity

Answer 9

Revise questions so they look more relevant, or advise and check concurrent validity again
Improved design, e.g. use double blind or more realistic task