The Notion of Whether the Research Measured What Was Intended

question 78

Multiple Choice

The notion of whether the research measured what was intended to be measured is referred to as:

• A)validity
• B)measurability
• C)reliability
• D)objectivity

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Definitions:

Coefficient Of Correlation

A statistical measure that calculates the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables, often represented by the symbol 'r'.

Coefficient Of Determination

A statistical measure that assesses the proportion of variance in a dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s).

Variance

The statistical measurement of the spread between numbers in a data set, indicating how much each number differs from the mean of the data set.

Negative

A value less than zero or a direction opposite to the expected or common.