Validity

Question 1

How can validity of self-report techniques be assessed?

Answer 1

Face validity and concurrent validity.

Question 2

What is face validity?

Answer 2

Whether a self-report measure looks like it is measuring what the researcher intended to measure. Only requires intuitive measurement.

Question 3

What is concurrent validity?

Answer 3

The extent to which a new means of assessment or questionnaire produces is similar to an already well-established one that investigates the same thing.

Question 4

How can validity of self-report techniques be improved?

Answer 4

Revise the questions so that the questions relate more obviously to the topic.
Remove irrelevant questions.