Name and describe three aspects of validity.
What will be an ideal response?
1) Measurement validity – achieved when a measure measures what it is presumed to measure
2) Generalizability – two aspects to generalizability:
a. sample generalizability – ability to generalize from sample to population itself (exists when a conclusion based on a sample or subset of a larger population holds true for that population
b. cross-population generalizability – (AKA External Validity) – ability to generalize from findings about one group, population, or setting, to other groups, populations, or settings. . Exists when findings about one group, population, or setting, hold true for other groups, populations, or settings.
3) Causal Validity – AKA Internal Validity – refers to truthfulness of an assertion that A causes B.
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