face validity

British  

noun

1. psychol the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure

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Example Sentences

The concept of peer support has face validity, Shapiro says.

From Salon

I suspect you will find few older adults who are exercising routinely that will stop because an RCT has shown that exercise is associated with more net hospitalizations - a finding which lacks face validity.

From New York Times

"It lacks face validity," she says.

From US News

The particular standard applied to make these judgments for Most Connected Hospitals was face validity.

From US News

The concept of splitting the jobs—a way of putting less power into one person's hands—gained currency following the corporate scandals early in the last decade, said Matthew Semadeni, a professor at Arizona State University who studies corporate governance. "It has face validity," he said.

From Washington Post