Validity

What is validity?

Validity in data collection is...

• Whether you are measuring what you intended to measure

• The soundness of the interpretation of test results

Validity in data analysis is...

• Whether you are measuring what you intended to measure

• The soundness of the interpretation of test results

Controlling everything you can that would affect the results of the study is...

• Face validity

• External validity

• Ecological validity

• Internal validity

Whether or not the results of the study can be generalised to other people/situations

• Internal validity

• External validity

• Ecological validity

• Face validity

Relates to the extent in which results of the study can be applied to real-world situations

• Internal validity

• External validity

• Ecological validity

• Face validity

Relates to whether a measure being used in a study obviously involves a performance variable

• Internal validity

• External validity

• Ecological validity

• Face validity

Define primary and secondary research...

Which of the following are examples of primary research?

• Textbooks

• Interviews

• Questionnaires

• Journal articles

• Field and laboratory based experiments