Reliability and validity

Which term best describes 'the extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure'?

What word in Psychology refers to the consistency of research findings?

Which best describes 'the extent to which the results of research can be generalised to the target population'?

• Internal validity

• External validity

• Order effects

• Reliability

Which term best describes 'the extent to which the measures used in the investigation genuinely test what they were designed to test'?

• Internal validity

• External validity

• Ecological validity

• Internal reliability

What is objectivity?

• Based upon personal opinion or feelings

• Not open to interpretation and unbiased

• When a researcher interprets the outcome of a study according to their own view

• Ensuring ppts. are aware of their right to leave a study

Which type of data is most likely to be subjective?

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

What type of data will a case study most likely use?

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

Which type of data is considered more scientific and reliable?

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

What type of experiment was the Piliavin et al. study?

• Laboratory

• Field

• Natural

What type of experiment was the Milgram study?

• Laboratory

• Field

• Natural