Validity

• Mundane realism


  The degree to which the materials and procedures involved in an experiment are similar to events that occur in the real world
• Internal validity

  Does the tool being used measure what it claims to i.e. Is the IV causing the DV
• External validity 


  Issues beyond research like representation of other settings, groups, times etc
• What are the types of external validity

  Concurrent

  Ecological

  Face

  Population

  Temporal
• Validity

  The accuracy of the measure
• Concurrent validity

  If a new test produces similar results as an existing measure
• Ecological validity

  The ability for results to be applied to real life scenarios
• Face validity

  The ability for a measure to appear to be measuring what it claims to at surface level
• Population validity


  The ability for results to apply to other groups of people
• Temporal validity


  The ability for results to apply to other eras in time