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What’s a laboratory experiment?

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What’s a laboratory experiment?

An experiment conducted in a controlled environment

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Pro’s of laboratory experiments

Easy to replicate

Extraneous variables can be controlled

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Con’s of laboratory experiments

Test subjects may behave differently under test conditions than in real life

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What’s a field experiment?

An experiment carried out in the test subjects’ everyday environment (researcher controls some variables)

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Pro’s of field experiments

More likely to reflect real life behavior

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Cons’s of field experiments

Cannot control extraneous variables

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What’s a natural experiment?

An experiment carried out in the test subjects’ everyday environment (researcher has no control over any variables)

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Pro’s of natural experiments

More likely to reflect real life behaviour

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Con’s of natural experiments

Cannot control variables (difficult to replicate)

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What’s an interview?

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Pro’s of interviews

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Con’s of interviews

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What’s an anonymous questionnaire?

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Pro’s of anonymous questionnaires

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Con’s of anonymous questionnaires

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What’s the explanatory variable?

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What’s the response variable?

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What’s the extraneous variable?

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