Small Scale Experiments

Question 1

What are the 2 small scale studies

Answer 1

Pilot studies
Case studies

Question 2

What is a pilot study

Answer 2

A test before the actual experiment

Question 3

researchers do pilot studies because

Answer 3

To see if whether what they’re doing will work

Question 4

What are the reasons for doing a pilot study

Answer 4

Ensure high validity
Check p.t. Understand the instructions
Test their test works
Ask p.t their experience in taking part
To see if they would get a result
Tackle problems to save time and money

Question 5

What is a case study

Answer 5

An intensive description of a single individual or case allowing researchers to analyze unique cases in extreme detail

Question 6

How could a researcher attain information when doing case studies

Answer 6

Psychological tests, interviews, interview family members, and observe them in certain situations

Question 7

TRUE or FALSE are case studies quantitative

Answer 7

FALSE they’re qualitative research tool — ideographic

Question 8

Strengths of case studies

Answer 8

-provide rich data and they can get lots of detail on why people behave in a certain way — unlike quantitative

-they use naturally occurring scenarios that couldn’t initially be set up by an experimenter for ethical reason

Question 9

Weakness of case studies

Answer 9

• there are ethical issues as informed consent cannot be difficult to obtain if they have a disorder/incapacitated to hinder giving fully informed consent

-there is difficulty with generalization as only a single person is used therefore it’s difficult to generalize these findings