verifiability
Ability to confirm
Verifiability is the quality of being able to be checked or confirmed.
In journalism and scholarship, claims have verifiability when others can trace them to sources: Wikipedia requires verifiability, not truth.
Scientific hypotheses must have verifiability—they must be testable against observable evidence.
The word often appears in discussions of credibility and standards of proof.
Demonstration of truth
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- substantiationProof of truth
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
confirmation · attestation · certification · records · testimony · witness · affidavit · exhibit
Based on observation, not theory
- replicableCapable of being duplicated
- reproducibilityAbility to repeat findings
- falsifiableCapable of being disproven
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
double-blind · observable · measurable · quantifiable · experimental · validity · reliability · systematic
Degree of correctness
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- trustworthinessQuality of being reliable
- genuinenessQuality of being real
integrity · certainty · reliability · consistency · fact · honesty · transparency · accountability
Standards for assessment
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- complianceAdhering to requirements
audit · accreditation · protocols · criteria · specifications · tolerance · traceability · ISO
proof
Demonstration of truth
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- substantiationProof of truth
authentication · confirmation · attestation · certification · records · testimony · witness · affidavit · exhibit · provenance
empirical
Based on observation, not theory
- replicableCapable of being duplicated
- reproducibilityAbility to repeat findings
- falsifiableCapable of being disproven
methodology · double-blind · observable · measurable · quantifiable · experimental · validity · reliability · systematic
accuracy
Degree of correctness
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- trustworthinessQuality of being reliable
genuineness · integrity · certainty · reliability · consistency · fact · honesty · transparency · accountability · legitimacy
metrics
Standards for assessment
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
compliance · audit · accreditation · protocols · criteria · specifications · tolerance · traceability · ISO · regulatory
- credibilitybelievability, credibility, plausibility, authenticity, reliability
- data qualitiesaccuracy, completeness, consistency, reliability, validity
- research qualityvalidity, reliability, accuracy, rigor, soundness
- empiricismempiricism, positivism, empirical research, inductive reasoning, Vienna Circle
- security propertiesauthenticity, authorization, availability, confidentiality, integrity
- measurementscales, gauging, balance, metering, gram
verifiabilityunverifiability
Cannot be proven true
unfalsifiability · baselessness · dogma · faith · groundlessness
verifiabilityopacity
Impermeability to light
unaccountability · obscurity · secrecy · concealment · deniability
verdict, verify, verified, verification, verifying, verifiable, unverified, veracious, verity