Field Experiments
- Created by: amberhenton
- Created on: 23-03-14 12:14
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- Field Experiments
- These have 2 key features:
- They are done in natural environment
- Those involved don't know they are involved therefore no Hawthorne Effect
- The aim is to obtain some element of control while avoiding the artificiality of labs
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- Advantages
- Validity as people will act normally and their reactions will be real
- Less artificiality
- Reduces Hawthorne Effect
- Disadvantges
- Less control over variables
- Limited Application - few situations can be adapted to be a filed experiment
- Ethical Problems - No informed consent
- Favored by Interpretivists
- These have 2 key features:
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