PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2.1: Hawthorne Works, Convenience Sampling, Falsifiability

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

Document Summary

One of the most important aspects of scientific research is objectivity, which assumes that certain facts about the world can be observed and tested independently from the individual that describes them. Everyone should be able to agree on these facts given the same tools, the same methods, and the same context. As soon as people interpret an event, their view of it becomes subjective; their knowledge of the event is shaped by prior beliefs, expectations, experiences and even their mood. A scientific approach to answering questions differs greatly from a subjective one. Quality scientific research has to meet the following criteria. It is based on measurements that are objective, valid, and reliable. The foundation of scientific methodology is the use of objective measurements, the measure of an entity or behaviour that, within an allowed measurement of error, is consistent across instruments and observers.