face validity

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Noun

1. A property of a [[hypothesis]] by which its [[appearance]] suggests to an observer that the hypothesis will be determined true if [[tested]].
2. A property of a [[test]] by which its [[appearance]] suggests to an observer that it will [[measure]] that which it has been designed to measure.

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