Valid
Is this research valid, of good quality, scientifically meritorious, showing rigor, adequate methodology and analysis, and correctly done?
Also Called: Quality, Merit, Soundness, Rigor, Adequacy or Correctness with respect to the Research, Methodology, Analysis, Cases or Techniques used
See also Research Writing Method and Results sections, and the following:
Opinion Statements: Are there opinion statements that cannot withstand critical review?
Pilot Study: Were any new methods or tools piloted or trialed and then improved accordingly?
Research Design: Is the logic of how the results will validly answer the research question explicitly given?
Reduce Bias: Does the research reduce bias where possible?
Control Group: Was a randomly allocated control group used if feasible?
Right Measures: How were the constructs actually measured or investigated?
Validity: Does the information gathered really represent what it purports to represent?
Reliability: Will repeating the research give much the same results?
Unit of Research: Are the units of the research clear?
Procedure: Is the actual information gathering procedure described, ideally step by step?
Task: Is the subject task, and any instructions involved, described?
Question Design: Are any questions asked of subjects understandable, unambiguous, unbiased, answerable and inoffensive?
Response Scale: Are response scales easy to use, unbiased, exhaustive and sensitive?
Missing Values: How were missing value non-responses recorded?
Sample Size: Is the sample is big enough for the question(s) asked of it?
Data Conversion: How was the raw data converted for analysis?
Demographics: Do the sample demographics match the population demographics?
Analytic Statistics: If any analytic statistics for strength or significance are used, are they appropriate?
Analysis Assumptions: Are any analysis assumptions stated and handled?
