Validity Flashcards
1
Q
Validity
A
When you test only what you thought you were testing
2
Q
Internal Validity
A
What happens ‘inside’ or ‘during’ the study
Was it only the independent variable produce the change in the dependent variable?
Did the study have high or low mundane realism?
3
Q
External Validity
A
generalising the results to:
Different places or settings (ecological validity)
Different groups of people (population validity)
Different times (historical validity)
