Validity vs. Reliability — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Validity and Reliability
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Validity
Well grounded; just
A valid objection.
Reliability
Capable of being relied on; dependable
A reliable assistant.
A reliable car.
Validity
Producing the desired results; efficacious
Valid methods.
Reliability
Yielding the same or compatible results in different clinical experiments or statistical trials.
Validity
Having legal force; effective or binding
A valid title.
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Reliability
The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.
Validity
Containing premises from which the conclusion may logically be derived
A valid argument.
Reliability
(education) the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).
Validity
Correctly inferred or deduced from a premise
A valid conclusion.
Reliability
(engineering) measurable time of work before failure
Validity
(Archaic) Of sound health; robust.
Reliability
The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.
Validity
The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
Reliability
The trait of being dependable or reliable
Validity
State of having legal force.
Validity
A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).
Validity
The genuinity - as distinguished from the efficacity or the regularity - of a sacrament as a result of some formal dispositions being fulfilled.
Validity
The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; the validity of an objection.
Validity
Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.
Validity
Value.
Validity
The quality of being logically valid
Validity
The quality of having legal force or effectiveness
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