experimental desigins Flashcards
repeated measures
same participants to complete both condition of experiment.
condition A do task with tv on
same participants week later does similar test without TV on
limitation
can he order effect, eg participants may do better on second test because of practice or less anxious. or can guess purpose of experiment.
so researcher might use two different tests
independent group design
different particpant for 2 different conditions. 2 different set of group
Group A does task wity TV ON (1 group)
group 2 does without TV
then comapre the two conditions
lim
can’t control effect of participant variables. as group A might have better memory than groip B,
so research might randomly allocate participants to condition
eg put name in hat
matched pairs
2 separate group in both conditions. decides on characterist, depends on study matched with key variables such as age and IQ.
the highest scoring 2 participant, 1 in each condition and keeps doing it with all participants scoring same IQ until list is made.
lim
very time consuming and need more participants
counterbalancing
used to overcome order effects when using repeated measures. ensures each conditions is tested first or second in equal amounts
way1
AB OR BA
group 1: each participant does A then B
group 2: each particpant does B then A
way2
ABBA trail 1:conditionA (morning) Trial2:conditonB(afternoon) Trail3:conditionB(afternoon) trail4:conditooA(morning) participants take part in each condition twice