Pilot Studies And More

Question 1

What are pilot studies

Answer 1

Small scale trial run of an investigation to ‘road test’ procedures, so that research design can be modified

Question 2

What are control groups/conditions

Answer 2

Control groups (independent groups design) or control conditions (repeated measures design) are used to set comparison.
They act as a ‘baseline’ and help establish causation

Question 3

What is a single blind

Answer 3

It’s when a participant doesn’t know the aims of the study so that demand characteristics are reduced

Question 4

What is a double blind

Answer 4

When both participant and researcher don’t know the aims of the study to reduce demand characteristics and investigator effects