RM lab experiments Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
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practical advantages
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- attractive to funding bodies due to scientific nature
-can easily conduct the experiment as the respondents come to them, so they dont have to travel
-agree scale
2
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practical disadvantages
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-small scale
-time consuming
-cannot be used to study the past
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A
4
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ethical advantages
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if informed consent is given, no deception is involved
5
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ethical disadvantages
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many experiments often conceal the real aims of research
-informed consent is not always fully given
6
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theoretical advantage
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7
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theoretical disadvantages
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lack of validity due to ‘hawthorne effect’
smal scale, often not representative
