STA457H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Observer-Expectancy Effect
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The researchers got the sample of men by asking single men if they wanted to partake in a study about kitchen use. They were also offered a re- ward, a horse, if they took part in the research. It was not an effective form of sampling due to a variety of reasons. Even the fact of being present in the room, the respondents actions were changed. not an effective form of sampling, since it was not a naturalist observation, and surveyor was affecting the actions of the re- Thus, it was the fact that the surveyor recording each move affected the behavior of the respondent, skewing the results of the study. I would utilize the data in gss19 to compute my own variable from the ex- isting variables that would be comparable to the sample in the movie. I would use a geographic variable in gss19, (luc_rst), which indicates if the geographic region is urban/rural.
