Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 4 EBP 0456 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Validity and Reliability Are Independent
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The idea
Validity and reliability are separate properties, and a study can have either one without the other.
In practice
A mis-calibrated scale that gives the same wrong weight every time: reliable, and not valid.
Where people slip
These two words are used interchangeably in everyday speech. This course never uses them interchangeably, because the difference is what appraisal turns on.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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