Validity

Question 1

What is validity?

Answer 1

It refers to the accuracy of the research and its findings

Question 2

What are the two types of validity?

Answer 2

• Internal validity

- External validity

Question 3

What is internal validity?

Answer 3

This refers to whether the research measured what it intended to measure.

Question 4

What is external validity?

Answer 4

This refers to whether the research findings can be generalised to the outside world.

Question 5

What are the three types of external validity?

Answer 5

• Ecological validity
• Population validity
• Temporal validity

Question 6

What is ecological validity?

Answer 6

How well the findings generalise to real-life settings and surroundings.

Question 7

What is population validity?

Answer 7

How well the findings generalise to other people in the target population.

Question 8

What is temporal validity?

Answer 8

How well the findings generalise to other historical times and eras.

Question 9

What are the two ways of assessing validity?

Answer 9

• Face validity

- Concurrent validity

Question 10

What is face validity?

Answer 10

This refers to whether the test or measurement looks/appears to be measuring what the researcher intended to measure.

Question 11

What is concurrent validity?

Answer 11

This refers to the extent to which a test or measurement produces similar findings to a recognised and more established test of the same topic.

Question 12

What should be done if a study has poor face/concurrent validity?

Answer 12

Material should be removed, revised, and rewritten.