Experiments Flashcards
1
Q
What is a lab experiment?
A
Controlled environment
Control group
2
Q
What is a field experiment?
A
Real social setting
Usually covert
3
Q
What are the advantages of lab experiments?
A
Researcher has control
Quantitative data
Can replicate
4
Q
What are the disadvantages of lab experiments?
A
Too artificial
Moral and ethical concerns
Hawthorne effect
5
Q
What are the advantages of field experiments?
A
More like real life - valid
Can show hidden meanings to social interactions
6
Q
What are the disadvantages of field experiments?
A
Can’t control all variables
Ethical concerns from covert observation
Possible Hawthorne effect
7
Q
What do experiments measure in social science?
A
Cause and effect
