Significance of Validation
Validation, across various disciplines, generally refers to the process of confirming accuracy and reliability. In Ayurveda, it involves verifying questionnaire accuracy through expert opinions. Science focuses on proving procedures yield expected results. Psychiatry centers on ensuring instruments measure intended constructs. Health sciences emphasize analytical method suitability. Religion focuses on instrument measurement of spirituality. Environmental sciences ensure data and findings are credible through rigorous testing.
Synonyms: Verification, Confirmation, Authentication, Endorsement, Approval, Affirmation, Justification, Corroboration
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Hindu concept of 'Validation'
In Hinduism, validation involves ensuring consistent and expected results from specific procedures. This includes verifying the accuracy and reliability of questionnaires through expert opinions, content validation, and item assessment.
From: International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
(1) This is a process of proving that a specific procedure consistently produces the expected results.[1]
From: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
(1) This process involves verifying the accuracy and reliability of the questionnaire, which includes expert opinions, content validation, and assessment of the items within the questionnaire.[2]
The concept of Validation in scientific sources
Validation confirms accuracy and reliability of data, methods, or results. It ensures suitability for the intended purpose, often following guidelines like ICH, and involves rigorous testing and evaluation by researchers.
From: Sustainability Journal (MDPI)
(1) This author contribution ensured the accuracy and correctness of the research findings and methods employed.[3] (2) The process of confirming the accuracy, reliability, and soundness of research findings or methods.[4] (3) Validation in research involves confirming the accuracy and reliability of the data, methods, or results obtained, ensuring the integrity of the study's findings.[5]
From: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
(1) Validation ensures the accuracy and reliability of the research findings, involving a collaborative effort from several authors.[6] (2) Validation of the research findings was performed by Y.T., M.H., and S.T.[7] (3) Validation of the study's findings and methods was performed by T.S., K.F., and M.O., ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the results.[8]
From: Journal of Public Health in Africa
(1) Validation is the formal process, guided by the World Health Organization, used to confirm that a country or region has successfully met the necessary criteria for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.[9]
From: Journal of Medicinal Plants for Economic Development
(1) Validation, a task contributed to by S.M. and J.E., ensured the accuracy and reliability of the methods or results obtained during the investigation.[10]
From: The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
(1) It is the process of establishing the soundness, accuracy, or legitimacy of a test or measure.[11] (2) Validation is the process of assessing the psychometric properties of the M-CAS, including its validity and reliability, to ensure it accurately measures anxiety levels.[12] (3) This process was a key objective of the study, focusing on the Malay version of the SHAPS to ascertain its psychometric properties, specifically its internal consistency, reliability, and validity.[13]
From: South African Family Practice
(1) The text mentions validation as one of the processes involved in the study, highlighting its importance in ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the research.[14]
From: Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics
(1) It is the confirmation through examination and the provision of objective evidence that the particular requirements for a specific intended use are fulfilled.[15] (2) This refers to confirming that the experimental design is accurate and reliable.[16] (3) The method was performed according to ICH guidelines and confirmed the linearity, accuracy, and precision.[17]
From: Religions Journal (MDPI)
(1) Validation of the study's models and findings was a shared responsibility between J.A.S.-S. and RLP.[18] (2) Validation is the acknowledgment and acceptance of a survivor's experience and harm, and its lack during the reporting process can be spiritually and psychologically crushing.[19] (3) Validation ensures that instruments like the Empathy, Spirituality, and Wellness in Medicine Scale accurately measure what they intend to, particularly after translation and adaptation.[20]
From: South African Journal of Psychiatry
(1) Validation is the process of establishing the extent to which a test or instrument measures what it is supposed to measure, and the Drug Attitude Inventory was assessed for its validation in a Nigerian setting among patients with schizophrenia.[21] (2) The determination of the reliability and validity of the Sleep Quality Questionnaire among Nigerian adolescents.[22] (3) The process of confirming that the personal evaluation of transitions in treatment (PETiT) instrument accurately measures what it is intended to measure.[23]
From: International Journal of Pharmacology
(1) The process of confirming the suitability of the analytical method, involving the preparation of standard calibration solutions.[24]