PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Confirmation Bias, Social Desirability Bias, Binge Drinking
12 Sep 2013
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An uncontrolled factor; never measured; never thought of as important. Makes it impossible to interpret your results. Bogus pipeline is ethical as long as there is a good reason to justify it. Deception is only bad when it will harm the subject: guarantee anonymity or confidentiality. Confirmation bias and demand often work together. One group was asked to write down any words or phrases they hear. Group two was asked to write down and satanic words or phrases they hear: group one did not find many satanic messages, group two heard a lot of satanic phrases. Because they knew some information about the experiment it tipped the experiment in a certain direction: need to be very careful in your instructions to not give away what you are experimenting. Statistical vs real-world significance: when you are thinking about results you must be skeptical about if it really matters in the real world.
