validity

• What is concurrent validity?

  the extent to which a new test is peer reviewed + corresponds with the results from a previous test
• Why is population validity important in research?

  It assesses whether findings can be generalized to other groups of people besides those who participated in the study
• What does internal validity refer to?


  the extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure
• What is face validity?


  It refers to whether the items on a test look like they are assessing what the researcher intends to assess
• What does construct validity assess?

  Whether a test assesses the underlying concepts or constructs
• What does criterion validity refer to?

  It refers to the extent that test scores can predict future behavior or attitude
• what is external validity?

  the extent to which research can be generalised to other settings