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Face Validity

Face Validity. Kodi Havins AED 615 Dr. Franklin Fall 2006. Validity. Definition : Refers to the appropriateness, meaningfulness, correctness, and usefulness of any inferences a researcher draws based on data obtained through he use of an instrument ( Fraenkel & Wallen, 2006). Face Validity.

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Face Validity

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  1. Face Validity Kodi Havins AED 615 Dr. Franklin Fall 2006

  2. Validity Definition: Refers to the appropriateness, meaningfulness, correctness, and usefulness of any inferences a researcher draws based on data obtained through he use of an instrument( Fraenkel & Wallen, 2006).

  3. Face Validity “The extent to which an instrument looks as if it measures what it is intended to measure” (Patton, 1997)

  4. Face Validity in Research • If one can look at an instrument and understand what is being measure, it has face validity (Patton, 1997).

  5. Face Validity in Research • Measurement experts generally hold face validity in low regards. • Predicative validity, concurrent validity, and construct validity are methods much more preferred by psychometricians (Patton, 1997).

  6. Face Validity in Research Example: • The board of directors of a major firm want to decentralize organizational decision in hopes of raising worker moral (Patton, 1997). • To test the Face Validity, the executives of the firm should evaluate the instrument first, to make sure the instrument is evaluating what they want to know (Patton, 1997).

  7. Face Validity Face validity criteria can be applied to design questions (Patton, 1997).

  8. Face Validity ~Used to Design Questions One should ask these questions: • “Do intended users understand the design?” • “Does it make sense to them?” • “Do they appreciate the implications of comparing Program A with Program B?” • “Do they know why the design includes, or does not include, a control group?” • “Is the sample size sufficiently large to be believable?” (Patton, 1997)

  9. Face Validity • Face Validity is used the same in Qualitative Research and Quantitative Research because one is looking at what the instrument is testing for.

  10. JAE Link ~ Face Validity DEVELOPING A SCALE TO RESEARCH AND EVALUATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT By: Brenda S. Seevers, Thomas J. Dormody, Dennis L. Clason http://pubs.aged.tamu.edu/jae/pdf/vol36/36-02-28.pdf

  11. JAE Link ~ Face Validity HANDLING NONRESPONSE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH By: James R. Lindner, Tim H. Murphy, Gary E. Briers http://pubs.aged.tamu.edu/jae/pdf/vol42/42-04-43.pdf

  12. References Fraenkel, J.R. and Wallen, N.E. (2006). How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education. New York: McGraw-Hill. Patton, M.Q. (1997). Utilization-Focused Evaluation. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.

  13. Thank You Have a great day!

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