Reliability

The extent to which a research procedure produces consistent results when repeated under comparable conditions.

The extent to which a research procedure can be repeated to produce consistent results.

Reliability concerns whether procedures can be repeated consistently. Standardised questions can aid reliability, but consistently misleading answers would still lack validity.

The consistency of research: whether repeating the procedure under similar conditions would produce similar findings.

Do not confuse reliability with validity: consistent answers are not necessarily truthful or accurate.

Distinguish reliability from validity. Standardised questions can make research repeatable without ensuring that answers reflect people’s real experiences.

Distinguish reliability from validity. Consistent recording can be reliable even if important experiences are excluded.

The extent to which a measure or research procedure produces consistent results when repeated in comparable circumstances.

The consistency of research findings when the same methods are repeated under comparable conditions.

The extent to which a research procedure produces consistent results when repeated in comparable circumstances.

Consistency: repeating research using the same method should produce similar findings.

The consistency of findings when research is repeated using the same methods.

The consistency of a research procedure: whether repeating it under similar conditions would produce similar results.

Reliability concerns consistency: would repeating the research procedure under similar conditions produce similar results? These are not the same. A question can consistently produce the same kind of answer while failing to capture what respondents really think.

The consistency of research findings when the same methods are repeated under comparable conditions.

The consistency of a measurement, including whether comparable procedures are used across places and over time.

The extent to which a research method produces consistent results when repeated under comparable conditions.

The extent to which research can be repeated using the same procedures and produce similar results.

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