Validity and reliability in quantitative studies
ered valid. The second measure of quality in a quantita-tive study is reliability, or the accuracy of an instrument. In other words, the extent to which a research instru-ment consistently has the same results if it is used in the same situation on repeated occasions. A simple example of validity and reliability is an alarm clock that rings at
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