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ReliabilityVS Validity
Inanexperiment,youneedtopayattentiontomanythings.Arguably,twoofthe
mostimportantonesarereliabilityandvalidity;yourexperimentneedstobeboth
reliableandvalid,inorderforittomakesenseandprovideyouwithqualityresults.

DEFINITION DEFINITION

RELIABILITYistheextenttowhichthe VALIDITYistheextenttowhichthe
outcomesareconsistentwhenthe instrumentsthatareusedinthe
experimentisrepeatedmorethanonce. experimentmeasureexactlywhatyou
wantthemtomeasure.

EXAMPLES EXAMPLES

•Thereliabilityofthestatisticalestimates •Wehaddoubtsaboutthevalidityoftheir
canbemeasured. argument.
•Thereliabilityofelectricitysystemshas •Iwouldquestionthevalidityofthat
longbeenbotheconomicallyand assumption.
politicallyessential. •Thetestshavebeenshowntobeof

•Thatwillgiveyoutotalreliabilityand dubiousvalidity.
mannerssuitedtotheroad. •Laterweshallhavecausetodoubtits

•Inthe1980s,theircarshadabad accuracyandvalidity.
reputationforreliability. •Theavailableempiricalevidence
•Thisgivesmuchbetterreliabilitythana indicatesthatallthreeexplanationshave
trulyabsolutemethod. somevalidity.

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