Experiments On Humans

‘The biggest problem of reliability for sociologists carrying out experiments is the human participants’. Why might this be so? Write an account of these difficulties, including reference to each of the following in your answer. a) People already hold attitudes,...

Experiments A2: Answers to QuickCheck Questions

The researcher needs to control all possible variables, in order to test a hypothesis as accurately as possible. The way in which a researcher may affect the outcome of an experiment: the researcher’s expectations may (sometimes unconsciously) affect the response of...