Validity and Reliability

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

The extent to which results can be generalised across time is what type of validity?

Comparing a new test with one that already exists and is a well-established and valid test of the same variable. What way of assessing validity does this refer to?

Establishing consistency across different researchers is known as inter-rater reliability

• False

• True

What is meant by the term face validity?

• Whether it looks like it will measure what it is supposed to measure

• It measures the ecological content of the study

• Measures the predictiveness of the study

• Measures the comparison of the current test to an older one

What is content validity?

• Predicts individual performance of participants in the study

• The extent to which the contents of the test seeks to measure what it is supposed to

• Whether two tests of similar qualities measure the same thing

• Does it measure what it set out to

What is meant by predictive validity?

• comparing two tests together fro similar results

• predicts individual performance

• How far into the study the participants made before withdrawing

• Whether a study shows similar results to a past one