validity
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4.4
- noun
- /vəˈlɪdəti/
- Specialized
:
validez
- And I do think there is some validity to that argument.
- reliability and validity
- construct validity
- internal validity
So I don't know the validity of those theories either.
- So I don't know the validity of those theories either.
- And I do think there is some validity to that argument.
- It denies the validity of that world view.
- There's some validity to him still being fearful.
- Because you can get doubtful enough to start doubting the validity of your own cynicism.
- I said, hey, let's is there any validity to this at all?
- So just the financial aspect is a way to like put some validity behind the identity.
- That's a lot of times there's a lot of truth and validity to crazy things that people say.
- So they've forgotten that this other side possesses some reality and some validity of its own.
- But also the whole of physics depends upon the validity of the conservation of energy.
- We question its viability and its validity.
- This is well validated and it's way above my pay grade to describe the validity of the test, but it's very valid.
- So that that then would give validity and priority to the subjective report, right?
- Call the police and make our own judgements on what are being said, on what's being said and the validity of it.
- We trust on a level that gives us the confidence that the next thing we invent might have some validity.
- So to a certain extent, in its limited range of of validity, Newtonian physics is great, it works terrific.
Examples
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The second thing I need to know is that maybe you can acknowledge the validity of my point of view.
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The institution had some doubts about the validity of my research.
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So does that concern you in terms of the sort of validity of the model?
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We would like to remove any doubt as to the validity of our search.
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Fourth, changes were not related to the validity of the measures of academic achievement.
Academic text (2013) -
A pilot study was administered first to ensure the validity of the modified survey.
Academic text (2013) -
The authors recognize issues of validity and reliability in our data collection and reporting.
Academic text (2013) -
Lloyd played a key role in establishing the validity of Terry's story.
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Generally speaking, the reliability and validity of the questionnaire have been found to be acceptable.
Academic text (2008) -
The scientist published her findings to demonstrate the validity of her research methods.
Synonyms
45
4.8
A state in which people accept something as true or right
8
3.5
A state of being accurate and matching facts or rules
3
8.4
A true idea or belief that people accept as important
1
8.6
Being able to show that a statement is true using logical steps
How clear and correct a person's thinking or argument is
How accurate something is compared with facts or a standard
Ability to be shown or proved
Able to be defended or accepted as reasonable
The quality of an idea or argument that can be defended as reasonable
How acceptable and effective something is under the law
How Sound
- Formal
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6.8
4
4.9
- Specialized
56
4.4
- Specialized
1
7.0
344
1.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Validity comes from the Latin valere 'to be strong' and is the same root as valid. So you can think of an idea's 'strength'—if it holds up to tests or reasons, it has validity.