Concept based on a judgment concerning how relevant the test items appear to be, it relates more to what a test appears to measure than to what the test actually measures.
Validity that measures how well a test appears to measure what it is designed to measure.
When a measure appears so logical to the study population that it can be accepted at face value as valid. See Validity.
How a measure or procedure appears.
When an instrument appears to measure what it is supposed to measure.
is the measure of whether a studyâ€(tm)s results are understandable.
This is the extent to which we logically believe that the survey is measuring the proper areas. For example, we would logically measure attitudes towards health with questions about health.
the intuitive test of whether a measurement seems to measure what it is suppose to measure.
A form of validity of a questionnaire or construct, that is not the direct result of a statisical analysis, but one that is a qualitative judgement made by examining the contents of the questions with reference to what is known about the construct from research. The face validity of a measure of anti-social personality disorder, for example, could be assessed by comparing the set of questions against what is known about the disorder from research, and especially case studies.
An evaluation of a test based on inspection only.
Making a decision regarding the appropriateness of a test or other assessment instrument based on appearance rather than objective criteria.
Face validity is a property of a test intended to measure something. The test is said to have face validity if it "looks like" it is going to measure what it is supposed to measure.http://www.chssc.salford.ac.uk/healthSci/resmeth2000/resmeth/validity.htm For instance, if you prepare a test to measure whether students can perform multiplication, and the people you show it to all agree that it looks like a good test of multiplication ability, you have shown the face validity of your test.