Investigator Effects

Question 1

What are investigator effects

Answer 1

Occurs when a researcher unconsciously influences the outcome of any research they are conducting

Question 2

Non-Verbal communication

Answer 2

Researcher communicates feelings about what they are observing without realising
e.g raising an eyebrow when a participant does something wrong

Question 3

Physical characteristics

Answer 3

Gender will influence the behavioural response of the participant

Question 4

Bias in interpretation of data

Answer 4

Researcher affects results reported by interpreting the data in a biased way (Researcher bias, subjective)