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Validity And Reliability Flashcards

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What is the definition of validity

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Whether a study measures what it claims to measure (ACCURACY)

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What is internal validity

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Was defined and measured within the study

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What is the definition of face validity

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Does it look valid?

Does it measure what it should?

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What is the definition of construct validity?

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How well a test/tool measures the constructs that it was designed to measure

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What is the definition of concurrent validity

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When a test correlates well with a measure that has previously been validated

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What is the definition of criterion validity

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The extent to which a measure can predict a future behaviour or attitude

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Give an example of criterion validity

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Extent to which gcse results accurately predicts A level results

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Give an example of construct validity

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Test an English language ability by giving a list of spelling
-not measure all constructs

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Give an example of face validity

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Is an IQ test really measuring the intelligence of someone

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Give an example of concurrent validity

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1 person scored on a new IQ test should be the same as the score in the old one

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What is external validity

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Looks at factors outside of the study

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What is the definition of population validity

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Sample representative of the wider target population of the study

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What is the definition of ecological validity

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Does the study reject real life situation

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Give an example of ecological validity

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Lab experiments- not natural

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Give an example of population validity

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Only test male participants so lack population validity

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Give 5 example of threats to validity

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Demand characteristics 
Social desirability bias
Response bias 
Ecological validity 
Researcher bus 
Observer effects 
Confounding variables
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What is the definition of reliability

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Refers to whether something is consistent or not

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What is inter- rater reliability

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Observations only
2+ observers observe the same behaviour
Same time (different areas)
Using same behaviour checklist

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What is the split half method

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A test/ questionnaire/ interview questions are split into 2 and scores from each half of the test is compared with the other

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What is external reliability ?

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Refers to the extent to which a measure varies from one use to another

21
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What is test re-test

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Measure whether a psychological measure is consistent from one testing occasion to the next

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