Unit 2.5 - Biases in Research Flashcards
What are some research concerns?
There needs to be ethics and safety, research training, the materials and methods used, and the generalizability
What is a response bias for participants?
Participants may give responses according to social desirability (do not show negative traits).
What is attention bias?
Too long of a process, participant loses interest and motivation in research.
What is interpretation bias?
People have different interpretations of questions.
What is the halo effect?
People do not look at the little variances and differences in questions. They pick every answer as positive rather than negative.
What is the placebo effect?
People adjust there behaviour and experiences even though there is no effect.
What is a sampling bias?
Experimenter recruits those who are easy to recruit; not very diverse and representative.
What is an experiment effect?
It is when researchers do not have a stake in the experiment design.
What is measurement error?
A problem with the measurements.
What is a replication error?
Results are not consistent.
What is a reporting error?
Error with report, it is over exaggerated or interpreted the wrong way.
