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What are the strengths and weaknesses of lab experiments?
Strengths - Control over experiments
- Quantitative data.
- Replicate the research.
Weaknesses.
- Hard to reproduce real social situations in a lab - artificial.
- Difficult to isolate single variables - social behaviour is influenced by so many factors.
- Moral & Ethical issues
- Intimidated or act differently in the lab (Hawthorne Effect)
- Quantitative data.
- Replicate the research.
Weaknesses.
- Hard to reproduce real social situations in a lab - artificial.
- Difficult to isolate single variables - social behaviour is influenced by so many factors.
- Moral & Ethical issues
- Intimidated or act differently in the lab (Hawthorne Effect)
Flashcard info:
Author: Lex26
Main topic: Education
Topic: Research Methods & Key Words
Published: 31.05.2010