In everyday language, we say that something is valid if its sounds meaningful, or well grounded on principles or evidence.

In legal terminology. Lawyers say that something is valid if it is executed with the proper formalities.

In psychology appropriateness, meaninfulness,correctness and usefulness of any inferences a researcher draws based on data obtained through the use of an instrument.

Validity, as applied to a test, is a judgment based on evidence about the appropriateness of inferences drawn from test scores.

Characterization of the validity test and test scores Acceptable Weak

Content validity Criterion-related validity Construct validity

1.Scrutinizing the test s content. 2. relating scores obtained on the test to other test scores or other measures.

3. Executing a comprehensive analysis of a. how scores on the test relate to other test scores and measures b. how scores on the test can be understood within some theoretical framework for understanding the construct that the test was designed to measure.

Face validity Is a judgment concerning how relevant the test items appear to be.

. On a measure of happiness, for example, the test would be said to have face validity if it appeared to actually measure levels of happiness.