Validity vs. Reliability

By Jaxson

  • Validity (noun)

    The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.

  • Validity (noun)

    Having legal force.

  • Validity (noun)

    A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).

  • Reliability (noun)

    The quality of being reliable, dependable{{,}} or trustworthy.

    “dependable”

    “unreliable”

  • Reliability (noun)

    the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).

  • Reliability (noun)

    – measurable time of work before failure

Wiktionary

Leave a Comment