Diminutives of words that are themselves diminutives are used, for example baadjietjie (little jacket). Such constructions do not appear in Dutch. Afrikaans has almost identical usage and grammar for diminutive words as Dutch, the language Afrikaans was derived from (detailed above).
II. Validity. 1  Definition of validity. 2  validity refers to the degree to which a measurement method or instrument actually measures the concept in question. 3  so, the measuring instrument must (1)actually measure the concept and not some other concept and (2) measure it accurately.
Face validity is the extent to which a test appears to measure what it is intended to measure. 1,2 This type of validity would be important if you are advocating for the universal use of a particular test by a clinical community.,2 There is no simple way to definitively establish the construct validity of an outcome measure. However, the question of whether a test actually measures what it is intended to measure for a particular purpose in a particular population is critical to selecting an appropriate outcome measure.