In everyday language, the term validity is typically used to describe something as being trustworthy or legit. It's meaning in psychology suggests something similar—it's all about whether we can trust ...

Study objective-The purpose of this study was to construct and validate a behavioural risk index scale to determine if the scaled variable could be used to study possible latent dimensions of risk ...

1. What is the difference between the reliability and validity of a measurement? The validity of a measure is the extent to which differences in scores on the instrument reflect true differences among ...

In this study, the psychometric properties of a quality of life scale, the WHOQOL-Bref, were examined in a population of 533 Dutch adult psychiatric outpatients. Participants underwent two ...

Interdependency of construct, face, and predictive validity. Construct, face, and predictive validity are highly interdependent. Depending on the available information, a model system can be built ...