Indicators for reliability and validity

Level of

reliability

and validity

Level of validity

Clear specification of data collection and data analysis

Detailed description on which type of research was used

High

High

Definition of research variable

High

High

Sources used stated

High

High

Information on how it dealt with missing data

High

High

Date of collection available

High

High

Information on how quality of data used in controlled

High

High

Transforming data (from raw data to result

High

High

Information about method used, e.g, statistical tests

High

High

Coding of data whether and how?

High

High

Clear organisation of data

High

High

Contact data presented

High

High

Clear specification

about potential

changes in procedure

Information about changes in methods used from one study to another

High

High

Information about changes in sources used from one study to another

High

High

Information about changes in definitions used from one study to another

High

High

Updates

Due to error correction—information given

High

High

Due to new version of report

High

High

Result of comparing data collected out the research concepts with the actual research concepts data

Dataset similar to each other

High

High

Missing research

variables report

Data for missing variables could be found using other sources that the

research

Low

Low

Data for missing variables could partly be found using other sources

that the research

Medium

Medium

Data for missing variables could not be found using other sources

that the research

High

High