face validity

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appearing ('on the face of it') to measure what is purported to be measure

 

example of use:

"Among the items included in the instrument were … providing face validity at least that the items in the different scales were indeed eliciting responses based on different emotions" (Taber, 2018, p.1294)

 

Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.