EDPS 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Heart Rate, Treatment And Control Groups, Direct Manipulation Interface
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Group about which the researcher would like to draw a conclusion. Subgroup, the specific participants used in the research study. Participants describe their own characteristics and performance by themselves. Can also be through the phone or the computer. Weakness: can have some misunderstandings (which you can"t explain because it is not one-on-one) Heart rate, hormone levels, bone growth, brain activity, eye movements, body weight, and lung capacity. Gives results without needing the child or subject to speak; you can simply measure their bodily reactions to the stimuli to gather information/results. Difficult to get students to cooperate with the machinery needed to get these results. When researchers carefully observe and document characteristics and behaviors of participants. Children may be unaware or unable to articulate the behaviors of interest. Presence of observer may affect the child"s behavior. Ex: increased or decreased misbehavior, attention to the task, self-consciousness, or anxiety.
