external validity
measures the extent to which the results can be generalised beyond the research setting
face validity
This measure assesses whether a test or study measures what it set out to measure
internal validity
measures the extent to which the results are due to the manipulation of the IV rather than the influence of uncontrolled confounding
ways of assessing validity
face validity
predictive validity
concurrent validity
predictive validity
measuring how well a test or study can predict future behaviour
concurrent validity
assesses how closely two different tests of the same behaviour/skill agree with each other
ways of improving validity