Validity versus Reliability
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1. Discuss how validity and reliability are related to one another.
Validity is an accurate and valid measure of the topic of discussion. Researchers use it as an instrument of measurement what they claim to access. This information is useful, because it proves weather or not their claims are genuine.
Reliability is an evaluation of measurement consistency of what it is out there to be measured. Constant test are administered to continue access these measurements.
If a man has his sperm checked in the morning, to measure the amount of eggs that are flowing through his tubes, and then has it test the next morning at the same exact time, you would expect for his results to look almost identical. If the results are not similar, then the test is not a reliable one. By taking these tests on reliability and validation measurements, we are given an accurate account of the information we are measuring...