To check your understanding of validity and reliability, answer the questions below.
1. Reliability refers to whether we are truly measuring the concept of interest
in our study.
1.
True
2.
False
2. The validity of a measure refers to the:
1.
consistency of the measurement.
2.
accuracy of the measurement.
3.
particular type of measurement.
4.
comprehensiveness of the measurement.
3. The reliability of a measure refers to the:
1.
consistency of the measurement.
2.
accuracy of the measurement.
3.
particular type of measurement.
4.
comprehensiveness of the measurement.
4. The extent to which we can generalize the results of a study to other participants is called:
1.
sampling validity
2.
internal validity
3.
external validity
4.
construct validity
5. When you are confident that the experimental manipulation produced the changes you measured in the dependent variable, your study probably has good ________ validity.
1.
external
2.
internal
3.
causal
4.
construct
