Validity or Valid may refer to:

Mathematics

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Statistics

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  • Validity (statistics), the degree to which a statistical tool measures that which it is purported to measure
    • Statistical conclusion validity, establishes the existence and strength of the co-variation between the cause and effect variables
    • Test validity, validity in educational and psychological testing
    • Face validity, the property of a test intended to measure something
    • Construct validity, refers to whether a scale measures or correlates with the theorized psychological construct it measures
    • Content validity, the extent to which a measure represents all facets of a given construct
    • Concurrent validity, the extent to which a test correlates with another measure
    • Predictive validity, the extent to which a score on a scale or test predicts scores on some other measure
    • Discriminant validity, the degree to which results a test of one concept can be expected to differ from tests of other concepts that should not be correlated with this one
    • Criterion validity, the extent to which a measure is related to an outcome
    • Convergent validity, the degree to which multiple measures of the same construct lead to the same conclusion

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