Reliability and validity
Across
- 6. When the interviewer’s expectations or behavior influence the responses of the interviewee.
- 7. The degree to which a test appears effective in terms of its stated aims, at face value.
- 8. The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest.
- 9. A method of assessing internal reliability by dividing a test into two parts and comparing the results.
- 11. The extent to which a study can rule out or make unlikely alternate explanations of the results.
- 12. Questions that suggest a particular answer or contain the information the interviewer is looking to confirm.
- 13. The extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure.
- 14. The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations and to other people.
- 15. The extent to which a test produces consistent results over time.
Down
- 1. The extent to which test results correlate with those of a well-established test measuring the same construct.
- 2. The consistency of a research study or measuring test.
- 3. The tendency of respondents to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed favorably by others.
- 4. A method of assessing external reliability by administering the same test to the same participants on two different occasions.
- 5. A set of questions included in a test to detect whether the respondent is being truthful.
- 6. Reliability based on the agreement between different interviewers conducting the same interview.
- 10. The extent to which a test is consistent within itself.