"face validity" meaning in All languages combined

See face validity on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: face validities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} face validity (countable and uncountable, plural face validities)
  1. A property of a hypothesis by which its appearance suggests to an observer that the hypothesis will be determined true if tested. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-face_validity-en-noun-JuWbaVwG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. A property of a test by which its appearance suggests to an observer that it will measure that which it has been designed to measure. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (property of a test): 表面效度 (Chinese Mandarin), hyväksyttävyys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-face_validity-en-noun-dot4SFDi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'property of a test': 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: construct validity, content validity, logical validity

Inflected forms

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