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face validity

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary

face validity /fās vəˈlidədē, feɪs vəˈlɪdədi/
noun the degree to which a procedure, especially a psychological test or assessment, appears effective in terms of its stated aims:
there is a high reliance on face validity and relatively little systematic evaluation is carried out.