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.
The higher the correlation between the established measure and new measure, the more faith stakeholders can have in the new assessment tool. 4. Formative Validity when applied to outcomes assessment it is used to assess how well a measure is able to provide information to help improve the program under study. Example: When designing a rubric for history one could assess studentâs knowledge across the discipline.