Properties of measurement

Cards (5)

  • How much there are properties of measurement?
    4, accuracy, precision, reliability and validity
  • What does accuracy means?
    Measurement of degree's reflection of a reality
  • What does precision in statistics means?
    Degree of detail in measurement (variability around the true measurement) measured through standard error
  • What does reliability in statistics means?
    Consistency of the measurement across several questions measuring the same
  • What does validity in statistics means?
    The extent to which measurements reflects the truth about studied phenomenon.