Dictionary · Survey Research Methods

compares responses to future performance or to those obtained from other, more well-established surveys. Criterion validity is made up two subcategories: predictive and concurrent. Predictive validity refers to the extent to which a survey measure forecasts future performance. A graduate school entry examination that predicts who will do well in graduate school has predictive validity. Concurrent validity is demonstrated when two assessments agree or a new measure is compared favorably with one that is already considered valid.

Established experimentally to demonstrate that a survey distinguishes between people who do and do not have certain characteristics. It is usually established experimentally.

Refers to the extent to which a measure thoroughly and appropriately assesses the skills or characteristics it is intended to measure.