PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sampling Bias
7 Mar 2014
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There is always a probability that our result may not be true. This is why there are replications of studies. We are all human beings and both researchers and participants have biases , expectations and worries and can affect the results. Our expectations affect us more than we think. Fake drug that patient claim makes them feel better. Experiment bias (we know what is suppose to happen so we act like it) the researcher might say too much and make observations that are not real because he/she has been working on the study for so long. We want to leave a positive impression on other people. The participant are trying to do better, work harder. Hawthorne because they were trying to look at the productivity depending on light. The experiment did not work because the supervisors were watching which lead the employees to work harder regardless. Socially desirable responding (not lying but changing true answer to please the social norms)
