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  • validity    refers to the exstent to which a measuring tool, study or investigation is measuring whati it claims to be measuring and whether the finding can be generalized beyond the research setting in which at it was found.    
    • external validity the extent to which the results from a study can be generalized outside of the study to other people and different times.
    • temporal    the ablity to generlise the finidng  from a study from an investigation beyong the particular historical context of study.
    • ecological validity  - the exstent to which the finding fromm a study can be generalised to other sitations places and conditions beyond the setting of a study.
    • population validity -  the extent to which the findings from a study can be generalized to other group0s of people including gender culture and ethnicity. 
    • internal validity the extent to which the test measured what It intended to measure for example does a personality or mood. 
    • face validity a way of assessing internal validity by looking a the extent to which a test items ( e.g. questions on a questionn aire ) appear ( on the face of it) to be measuring what they claim to be measuring.  
      • temporal    the ablity to generlise the finidng  from a study from an investigation beyong the particular historical context of study.
    • concurrent validity  a way of assessing internal validity by determining the extent to which a psychological test/measure/scale relates to a similar existing, reconised and well established measure/test/scale.

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