Some Notes on the Terms "Validity" and "Reliability".

Hammersley, Martyn

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Publication Date: 1987

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Some Notes on the Terms "Validity" and "Reliability".

Hammersley, Martyn

British Educational Research Journal, v13 n1 p73-81 1987

Notes that problems of measurement in educational research are often addressed by using the terms validity and reliability. Discusses the meaning given to these terms and how they relate to the aims of the measurement process in educational research. (RKM)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Reliability, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Validity

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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