Validity
- Created by: Mary_07
- Created on: 08-05-17 10:53
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- Validity
- Validity; whether you have measured the behaviour you set out to test
- Internal Validity; refers to whether the effects observed in a study are due to the manipulation of the independent variable and not some other factor.
- Face Validity; whether something looks like it will measure what it is supposed to measure
- Criterion validity; assesses whether a test a certain set of abilities
- Construct Validity; doe a test measure all measure all aspects of the behaviour in question
- Concurrent Validity; when a test correlates well with a measure that has previously been validated
- External Validity; looks at factors outside of the study, e.g. who the study is aimed to be representative of and where we can generalise findings of behaviour to
- Ecological Validity; whether the study can be generalised to real life situations
- Population Validity; refers to whether the sample is representative of the target population of the study
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