Talk:face validity
A second definition?[edit]
There is currently a single definition listed, viz., "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."
Is that really a definition of this term? I have always understood face validity to mean "A property of an hypothesis in which its appearance suggests to an observer that the hypothesis will be determined true if tested."
In the very least, if the single definition currently provided is not incorrect, it seems at least that the list of definitions currently provided is an incomplete one. Any objection to my adding this second definition to the list? (Conversely, does anyone think this second definition should displace the first?)
allixpeeke (talk) 09:17, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
- Seeing as how no objections have been raised in over two weeks, I'm going to go ahead and add the second meaning.
(Although I do feel this alternative definition should replace the first, I am going to hold off on that particular edit for a bit more, in the hope that someone might still weigh in on it before.)
Cheers,
allixpeeke (talk) 10:07, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
Isn't face value related to this concept? Backinstadiums (talk) 13:45, 8 November 2022 (UTC)