Unveiling the Validity and Reliability Rambles of Research Outcomes

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to cerebrally contribute to reinforce knowledge creation on how meeting validity and reliability demand of research affects its outcome and acceptability. In pursuit of this aim the paper reviewed scholarly conceptualization on validity and reliability and its relevance to research enquiries, it further stressed application divergence of validity and reliability in a qualitative and quantitative research, also, threatening or risk factors that may affect validity and reliability of research outcomes were appraised. However, the research reinforce knowledge creation by underpinning that the trustworthiness, universality, acceptability of any research findings lies in the researcher’s capacity to meet the validity and reliability need of the research exercise as any data collected with invalid or unreliable instrument eventually renders the research outcome unacceptable