validity
Quality of legitimacy
Validity is the quality of being sound, well-grounded, or legally binding.
A valid argument holds up to scrutiny; a valid passport is current and properly issued; a valid excuse is one that others accept as legitimate.
In logic and statistics, validity has technical meanings related to whether conclusions follow from premises or whether a test measures what it claims to measure.
The court questioned the validity of the contract.
Scientists debated the validity of the study's findings.
Quality of being real
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- trustworthinessQuality of being reliable
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
veracity · reliability · bona fide · integrity · certification · verification · confirmation · endorsement
Science of valid reasoning
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- cogencyCompelling logical clarity
- argumentationSystematic reasoning process
justification · rationale · plausibility · persuasiveness · rigor · consistency · deduction · inference
Determining size or amount
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
- constructBuild systematically
- internalSituated within
- externalLocated on outside
statistical · experimental · methodology · testing · assessment · psychometrics · replication · sampling
Quality of being permitted
- enforceabilityCapacity for legal compulsion
- constitutionalityAccordance with founding charter
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- precedentPrior authoritative example
statute · compliance · court · testimony · evidence · contract · binding · nullification
Degree of fitness
- pertinenceQuality of being applicable
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- materialityState of being consequential
- germanenessQuality of being applicable
bearing · suitability · connection · context · scope · generalizability · transferability · external
genuineness
Quality of being real
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- trustworthinessQuality of being reliable
authenticity · veracity · reliability · bona fide · integrity · certification · verification · confirmation · endorsement · attestation
logic
Science of valid reasoning
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- cogencyCompelling logical clarity
argumentation · justification · rationale · plausibility · persuasiveness · rigor · consistency · deduction · inference · premise
measurement
Determining size or amount
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
- constructBuild systematically
- internalSituated within
external · statistical · experimental · methodology · testing · assessment · psychometrics · replication · sampling · control
admissibility
Quality of being permitted
- enforceabilityCapacity for legal compulsion
- constitutionalityAccordance with founding charter
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
precedent · statute · compliance · court · testimony · evidence · contract · binding · nullification · annulment
applicability
Degree of fitness
- pertinenceQuality of being applicable
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- materialityState of being consequential
germaneness · bearing · suitability · connection · context · scope · generalizability · transferability · external · internal
expiration
End of validity
lifespan · renewal · extension · effective · window · limitation · sunset · timeline · temporary · indefinite
- Rightnessaccuracy, correctness, truth, soundness, exactness
- intellectual propertypatents, copyright, patent, trademark, trademarks
- philosophy termstruth, reason, knowledge, wisdom, logic
- logic rulessyllogism, inference, contraposition, double negation, conjunction
- data qualityaccuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, reliability
- Indian logicsyllogism, fallacy, inference, argumentation, categories
validityfalsity
State of being incorrect
falsehood · invalidity · falseness · untruth · erroneousness
validityinvalidity
State of being void
fallacy · unsoundness · illogicality · speciousness · fallaciousness
validityinvalidity
State of being void
nullity · voidness · illegality · illegitimacy · unenforceability
- scientific validityAccuracy of research conclusions