FACE VALIDITY

Face validity initially provides such a statement as, “looks like it will work”, meaning, the validity is looked at only at the surface level.

PREDICTIVE
A research study is useless unless it has some kind of predictive value. Predictive validity tells you how well a certain measure can predict future
behavior. One of the most common uses for predictive validity is in University Admissions. Grade Point Average, SAT/ACT scores and other
criterion are used to predict a student’s likely success in higher education. To test this theory, university students have been studied by their
thousands and it’s been confirmed by hundreds of studies that there is a correlation between GPA/ACT/SAT and educational success. Therefore,
the predictive validity is high for these measurements.

CONCURRENT
Concurrent validity is a type of Criterion Validity. If you create some type of test, you want to make sure it’s valid: that it measures what it is
supposed to measure. Criterion validity is one way of doing that. Concurrent validity measures how well a new test compares to an well-
established test. It can also refer to the practice of concurrently testing two groups at the same time, or asking two different groups of people to
take the same test.

CONSTRUCT

Construct validity means that a test designed to measure a particular construct (i.e. intelligence) is actually measuring that construct.

CONVERGENT

Convergent Validity is a sub-type of construct validity. Convergent validity takes two measures that are supposed to be measuring the same
construct and shows that they are related.

Let’s say you were researching depression in college students. In order to measure depression (the construct), you use two measurements: a
survey and participant observation. If the scores from your two measurements are close enough (i.e. they converge), this demonstrates that they
are measuring the same construct.