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Meaning of face validity

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

face validity

noun

Definitions

  1. A property of an hypothesis in which its appearance suggests to an observer that the hypothesis will be determined true if tested.

  2. A property of a test in which its appearance suggests to an observer that it will measure that which it has been designed to measure.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/face%20validity

Related words

formal validityvalidityplausibilitypresumabilitysuperficialityfacticitysuspectednesssuggestedness