Designing Surveys

In pairs, work through the first few stages of designing a survey – choose a topic, formulate a hypothesis and then design ten questions to test that hypothesis. Use mainly closed-ended questions, but include a couple of open-ended ones. Now carry out a pilot...

Laboratory Experiments

After reading the section on experiments on pages 172 to 175 in the book, use what you have found out to complete the following statements. The missing words are listed at the end. The laboratory experiment is often used by natural__________but not very often by...

Experiments: Answers to QuickCheck Questions

Environment (or situation); manipulate (or control); variables (or factors). Both are designed to uncover cause- and-effect relationships; the comparative method is only a ‘thought experiment’ by the researcher, whereas the laboratory experiment is a practical...