natural experiment

Question 1

what is a natural experiment

Answer 1

levels of independent variables influenced by natural occurrences or events outside of researcher’s control who then observes effects on the dependent variable

Question 2

positive: ecological validity

Answer 2

high ecological validity - likely to reflect real life behaviour and can be generalised to similar situations due to variables of interest changing naturally

Question 3

negative: control

Answer 3

lack of control over independent variable or other confounding variables so its hard to establish a cause and effect relationship between variables

Question 4

positive: ethical feasibility

Answer 4

researchers can study situations unethical to directly manipulate

Question 5

negative: replication

Answer 5

difficult to replicate natural unique event to test reliability and wont be consistent
cant verify findings

Question 6

positive: demand characteristic

Answer 6

participants dont know they’re in the study