Locations

Question 1

Laboratory

Answer 1

A room equipped to allow scientific research and measurement.
Often experiments but not always ( observations )

Question 2

Field

Answer 2

More natural setting e.g. supermarket, school

Researchers goes to the participant

Question 3

online

Answer 3

Using websites and access participants through the internet.

Question 4

Lab advantages

Answer 4

Allows researchers to measure research variables
Hold lots of equipment that cannot be moved like PET machines
Controlled environment ( less confounding variable )

Question 5

Lab disadvantages

Answer 5

• The environment may cause participants to have false behaviour e.g. some might do good or bad on purpose
• Some experiments physically can’t take place in a lab. For example elephants in Africa

Question 6

Field advantages

Answer 6

Minimise artificial nature of research/influence.

Behaviour from participants may be more natural so, findings will be more valid

Question 7

Field disadvantages

Answer 7

Harder to control variables in wild
Difficult to repeat results
Intruding on privacy

Question 8

Online advantages

Answer 8

More access to other research
Cheaper
Data analysis is quicker
Easy to get large sample

Question 9

Online disadvantages

Answer 9

Online research methods are Limited - questionnaire
Ethical issues consent
Hard to debrief patients online