》Experimental Designs

Question 1

Name all Experimental Designs. (3)

Answer 1

Repeated Measures Design
Independent Group Design
Matched Pairs Design

Question 2

Advantages of Repeated Measures Design

Answer 2

A repeated design involves using the same people in each condition of the IV and comparing ‘like for like’
Every participants do both conditions of an IV.

Question 3

Advantages of Repeated Measures Design

Answer 3

Participant variables are controlled for. This is because same participants take part in both conditions, so there are no individual differences in factors like age, gender, intelligence. This means the dependent variables is not affected by the participant variables, so any difference between conditions is likely to be down to IV.