Research Methods Flashcards
What are practical issues of RM?
- time
- funding
- subject matter of the study
- research opportunity
Ethical issues
- informed consent
- confidentiality and privacy
- harmful effects
- vulnerable groups
- covert methods
Theoretical issues
- reliability
- validity
- representativeness
Positivist
Like scientific reseach methods because they are more reliable
Interpartivist
Controlled Lab experiments
Environment is artificial, scientist can control the variables
Experimental group
Exposed to an independent variable that researchers beieve will have an affect
Control group
Not exposed to variable and conditions kept constant
‘Cause and affect’ RM
See if a change occurs in the experimental group through observation
Hawthorn effect
If subject knows they are being experimented on they may change their behaviour accordingly - impacts the result
The expectancy effect
Experiment bias
Consciously or subconsciously researcher let on what they would want the outcome to be
Hypothesis
A general statement of what they think will take place in the investigation
Why lab experiments aren’t applicable to the real world
- unnatural different variables in the real world
- hawthorn effect
- representativeness
Field experiments
Explore participants in their natural habitat it also can be covert as subjects wont know
