Synonym: cogency, rigor, rigour, validness. Similar words: valid, commodity, mortality, sexuality, lid, solid, slide, prestidigitation. Meaning: [və'lɪdətɪ] n. 1. the quality of being logically valid 2. the quality of having legal force or effectiveness.
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61) While the evidence for the validity of the hypothesis is much debated, the evidence against it is almost non-existent.
62) However, we can partially demonstrate its validity by means of two simple numerical examples.
63) However, for tests which are designed for children, face validity is of relatively little importance.
64) In this moment of excitement, there is no time to question the validity of these presences.
65) As the character candidates are received from the pattern recognition process the combinations of characters are checked for validity in the lexicon.
66) There is no significant attempt to assess the validity of existing spending patterns.
67) He proposed a regency council to uphold the validity of Frederick's election until the heir should come of age.
68) Validity can therefore be assessed only on the basis of the items which are included.
69) The content validity of individual items may be determined by inspection by some one with expertise in the area of language assessment.
70) One important issue here concerns the comparability as well as the validity of measures of achievement.
71) Thus we have a precise way of establishing the validity of non-local effects in quantum phenomena.
72) The issues of validity and reliability are the twin pillars that prove research to be only mediocre or outstanding.
73) Similarly he came to the unusual conclusion that, since colours are simply visible species,(sentencedict.com/validity.html) all colours must have equal validity.
74) Just because a thing appears to us at present to be illogical does not, of necessity, disprove its validity.
75) Of themselves, of course, the rules are normative, and their validity is thus unaffected by issues of fact.
76) This doctrine means that a person can not question the validity of a piece of legislation through the courts.
77) Whether or not we agree with the principles or validity of church laws and rules, many of our clients will accept them.
78) One has to examine closely what arguments can establish the validity of such consent.
79) We should recognize that the validity of research findings is always relative, and relative in two quite different ways.
80) The reader may question, in the light of all of the above criticisms and suggested limitations, the objective validity of citation analysis.
81) Tests which are not based upon adequate linguistic descriptions must be regarded as lacking in construct validity.
82) It also contained a clause which effectively provided for its continued validity should the Soviet Union be dissolved or reconstituted.
83) If appraisal now reveals that it has some validity in principle, the next stage is application.
84) The volume of your voice does not increase the validity of your argument. Steve Maraboli
85) The case for the validity of a claim to authority must include justificatory considerations sufficient to outweigh such counter-reasons.
86) As indicated earlier, the validity of such statements was likely to vary among cities.
87) The question of validity of the methods of clinical ecologists is essentially what constitutes good science.
88) The validity of rectal distension measurements, usually determined with pressure-volume relations, is disputed.
89) Matching and randomization are two fundamentally important design techniques to enhance the validity and efficiency of a study.
90) Indeed most studies of employment show the low validity and reliability of age as a predictor of performance.