Validity

• What does validity refer to in research?

  Whether a measurement accurately measures what it is supposed to measure.
• What is internal validity?

  It assesses whether the study's results are due to the manipulated variable and not confounding variables.
• What is external validity?

  It determines whether the results can be generalized to different environments or participants.
• What is face validity?


  It refers to whether a measurement appears to measure what it is supposed to measure.
• What is concurrent validity?

  It measures how well the results of a test correspond to previous measurements.
• What is temporal validity?


  It refers to whether the findings still apply over time.
• What is ecological validity?

  It measures how test performance predicts behaviors in real-world settings.