skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Lengua del contenido

| français English
Ayuda para la búsqueda

Concept information

... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > communication studies > communication theory > theory, metatheory, methodology, and inquiry > validity and reliability

Término preferido

validity and reliability  

Definición

  • When researchers design studies and interpret the results, two important concepts are validity and reliability. Simply stated, research validity is concerned with the question, “Are we measuring what we think we are measuring?” Research reliability is concerned with the question, “Are we measuring this consistently?” This entry will review both internal and external validity in quantitative research, threats to validity, common methods of measuring reliability, and the importance of validity and reliability in qualitative research. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Validity and Reliability]

Concepto genérico

Pertenece al grupo

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-VVPL04FM-0

Descargue este concepto:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD