Validity vs. Credibility

Validitynoun

The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.

Validitynoun

Having legal force.

Validitynoun

A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).

Validitynoun

The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; the validity of an objection.

Validitynoun

Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.

Validitynoun

Value.

Validitynoun

the quality of being logically valid

Validitynoun

the quality of having legal force or effectiveness

Credibilitynoun

Reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.

Credibilitynoun

(legal) Believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.

Credibilitynoun

The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.

Credibilitynoun

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

Credibilitynoun

the quality of being trusted and believed in

Credibilitynoun

the quality of being convincing or believable

Credibilitynoun

another term for street credibility

Credibility

Credibility comprises the objective and subjective components of the believability of a source or message. Credibility dates back to Aristotle theory of Rhetoric.