VALID: A Checklist-Based Approach for Improving Validity in Psychological Research
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, vol. 8
Abstract
In response to the replication and confidence crisis across various empirical disciplines, ensuring the validity of research has gained attention. High validity is crucial for obtaining replicable and robust study outcomes when both exploring new questions and replicating previous findings. In this study, we aimed to address this issue by developing a comprehensive checklist to assist researchers in enhancing and monitoring the validity of their research. After systematically analyzing previous findings on validity, a comprehensive list of potential checklist items was compiled. Over the course of three rounds, more than 30 interdisciplinary and psychological-science experts participated in a Delphi study. Experts rated items on their importance and were given the opportunity to propose novel items as well as improve existing ones. This process resulted in a final set of 91 items, organized according to common stages of a research project. The VALID checklist is accessible online ( https://www.validchecklist.com/ ) and provides researchers with an adaptable, versatile tool to monitor and improve the validity of their research and to suit their specific needs. By focusing on adaptiveness during its development, VALID encompasses 331 unique checklist versions, making it a one-stop solution suitable for a wide range of projects, designs, and requirements.
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Susanne Kerschbaumer corresponding
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Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary
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Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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Department of Computer Science, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
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Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
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Analytics, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Department of Psychology, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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Philipps University of Marburg
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Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Department of Educational Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Julian David Karch Aachen Methodology and Statistics Department Institute of Psychology, Leiden University
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Methodology and Statistics Department, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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University of Science and Technology of China · Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
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Department of Psychology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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University of California, Davis
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Department of Human Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California
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Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
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School of Psychology and Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
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Virginia Commonwealth University
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Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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HMU Health and Medical University
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Institute for Mind, Brain and Behavior, HMU Health and Medical University, Potsdam, Germany
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School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Purdue University West Lafayette
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Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
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Herb Innovation Center, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
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Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Department of Psychometrics and Statistics, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Department of Methodology and Statistics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
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Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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