Week 8:Validity and Reliability

Validity and reliability are concepts used to evaluate the quality of research. They indicate how well a method, technique or test measures something. Validity is about the accuracy of a measure and reliability is about the consistency of a measure. The issue of validity and reliability addresses the crucial question. To what extent do the data yielded by measurement schemes, accurately represent the nature and structure of the phenomena being measured.

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