Intentional validity

Intentional validity

Intentional validity asks, "Do the constructs we chose adequately represent what we intend to study"? Constructs must be specific enough to distinguish. (Eg, is it intelligence or cunningness?)

See also

* Construct validity
* Validity (statistics)


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