VALID Checklist
A tool that helps you assess and improve the validity of your project
Guiding you step-by-step, every step of the way
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Guiding you step-by-step, every step of the way
Get your checklistThe checklist was developed with the assistance of experts from various fields (e.g., psychology, social sciences, computer science) in a three-round Delphi study. Want to learn more about them? Have a look at the experts section. Although we refer to "the checklist", there are actually 331 different versions available. Just answer two simple questions, and you'll receive a tailor-made checklist for your project.
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Throughout the three rounds of our study, more than 30 experts rated and refined checklist items, while also suggesting valuable new additions. We couldn't have developed this checklist without them!
Balazs Aczel, Samantha F. Anderson, Brandon M. Booth, Erin M. Buchanan, Rickard Carlsson, Sebastian Castro-Alvarez, Denis Cousineau, John J. Dziak, Tobias Ebert, Daniel W. Heck, Anu Pauliina Hiekkaranta, Rink Hoekstra, Peder Mortvedt Isager, Julian D. Karch, Ginette Lafit, Daniël Lakens, Zhicheng Lin, Siwei Liu, David P. MacKinnon, Emma L. McGorray, David Moreau, Trang Quynh Nguyen, Marietta Papadatou-Pastou, Helena Paterson, Robert A. Perera, Daniel J. Schad, David K. Sewell, Moin Syed, Louis Tay, Jorge N. Tendeiro, Michael Toland, Wolf Vanpaemel, Don van Ravenzwaaij, Lieke Voncken, Martin Voracek
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Hi! My name is Susanne Kerschbaumer and I developed this checklist as part of my master's thesis. I am interested in psychological research, especially methods and statistics. You can reach me here.
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Kerschbaumer, S., Voracek, M., Aczél, B., Anderson, S. F., Booth, B. M., Buchanan, E. M., Carlsson, R., Heck, D. W., Hiekkaranta, A. P., Hoekstra, R., Karch, J. D., Lafit, G., Lin, Z., Liu, S., MacKinnon, D. P., McGorray, E. L., Moreau, D., Papadatou-Pastou, M., Paterson, H., Perera, R. A., Schad, D. J., Sewell, D. K., Syed, M., Tay, L., Tendeiro, J. N., Toland, M. D., Vanpaemel, W., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Voncken, L., & Tran, U. S. (2025). VALID: A checklist-based approach for improving validity in psychological research. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459241306432