Different Types of Validity
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- Created on: 13-05-17 14:39
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2. What is external validity?
- Assesses whether a test reflects a certain set of abilities.
- Refers to whether the study (both the tasks and environment/situation) reflect those of real life situations.
- Looks at factors outside of the study such as who the study aimed to be representative of and where we can generalise the findings of behaviour too.
- When a test correlates well with a measure that has previously been validated.
3. What is criterion validity?
- Assesses whether a test reflects a certain set of abilities.
- Looks at factors outside of the study such as who the study aimed to be representative of and where we can generalise the findings of behaviour too.
- Whether the study has measured all aspects of behaviour.
- Refers to whether the study (both the tasks and environment/situation) reflect those of real life situations.
4. What is internal validity?
- Looks at factors outside of the study such as who the study aimed to be representative of and where we can generalise the findings of behaviour too.
- When a test correlates well with a measure that has previously been validated.
- Refers to whether the effects observed in a study are due to the manipulation of the independent variable and not some other factor.
- Assesses whether a test reflects a certain set of abilities.
5. What is ecological validity?
- Refers to whether the sample is representative of the wider target population of the study.
- Refers to whether the study (both the tasks and environment/situation) reflect those of real life situations and can then be generalised.
- When a test correlates well with a measure that has previously been validated.
- Assesses whether a test reflects a certain set of abilities.
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