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- DictionaryVa·lid·i·ty/vəˈlidədē/
noun
- 1. the quality of being logically or factually sound; soundness or cogency: "one might question the validity of our data"
Validity definition: the state or quality of being valid. See examples of VALIDITY used in a sentence.
The noun validity means genuine or authentic, but it also has a legal meaning: having legal force. Your family asked the judge to determine the validity of your grandfather's will because they weren't sure he was legally allowed to leave all his worldly goods to "the little green men from Mars."
Validity in research, statistics, psychology, and testing evaluates how well test scores reflect what they’re supposed to measure. Does the instrument measure what it claims to measure? Do the measurements reflect the underlying reality? Or do they quantify something else?
6 days ago · Definition of 'validity' Word Frequency. validity. (vəlɪdɪti ) 1. uncountable noun. The validity of something such as a result or a piece of information is whether it can be trusted or believed . Shocked by the results of the elections, they now want to challenge the validity of the vote. [ + of]
1. Well grounded; just: a valid objection. 2. Producing the desired results; efficacious: valid methods. 3. Having legal force; effective or binding: a valid title. 4. Logic. a. Containing premises from which the conclusion may logically be derived: a valid argument. b. Correctly inferred or deduced from a premise: a valid conclusion. 5.
the state of being logical and true. We had doubts about the validity of their argument. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. See validity in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary See validity in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English. Check pronunciation: validity.
VALIDITY meaning: 1 : the state of being acceptable according to the law the state of being valid; 2 : the quality of being real or correct.
