# Validation

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**Validation** may refer to:

- [Data validation](/source/Data_validation), in computer science, ensuring that data inserted into an application satisfies defined formats and other input criteria
- [Emotional validation](/source/Emotional_validation), in [interpersonal communication](/source/Interpersonal_communication) is the [recognition](/source/Emotion_recognition), the affirmation, the acceptance of the existence of expressed emotions, and the communication, the acknowledgement, of this recognition with the [emoter(s)](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emoter) (the one(s) who express the emotions).
- [Forecast verification](/source/Forecast_verification), validating and verifying prognostic output from a numerical model
- [Regression validation](/source/Regression_validation), in statistics, determining whether the outputs of a regression model are adequate
- [Social validation](/source/Social_validation), compliance in a social activity to fit in and be part of the majority
- [Statistical model validation](/source/Statistical_model_validation), determining whether the outputs of a statistical model are acceptable
- [Validation (drug manufacture)](/source/Validation_(drug_manufacture)), documenting that a process or system meets its predetermined specifications and quality attributes
- [Validation (gang membership)](/source/Validation_(gang_membership)), a formal process for designating a criminal as a member of a gang
- [Validation of foreign studies and degrees](/source/Validation_of_foreign_studies_and_degrees), processes for transferring educational credentials between countries
- [Validation therapy](/source/Validation_therapy), a therapy developed by Naomi Feil for older people with cognitive impairments and dementia
- [Verification and validation (software)](/source/Verification_and_validation_(software)), checking that software meets specifications and fulfills its intended purpose
- [Verification and validation](/source/Verification_and_validation), in engineering, confirming that a product or service meets the needs of its users
- [XML validation](/source/XML_validation), the process of checking a document written in XML to confirm that it both is "well-formed" and follows a defined structure

## See also

- [Cross validation (disambiguation)](/source/Cross_validation_(disambiguation))
- [Revalidation](/source/Revalidation), of medical doctors in UK
- [Triangulation (social science)](/source/Triangulation_(social_science))
- [Validity (disambiguation)](/source/Validity_(disambiguation))
- [Verification (disambiguation)](/source/Verification_(disambiguation))

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