Bias

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Researcher/ Observer Bias
where the researcher interprets the data or manipulates the analysis to fit their expectation
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Researcher/ Interviewer effects
Where the researcher may have been influenced the participant
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Observer Effects/ Hawthorne effect
if the person knows theyre being studied they might change their behaviour
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Social desirability Bias
If the person feels their answer is not socially acceptable, they may lie
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Demand Characteristics
If the person is interested in psychology they might guess the aim of the study and therefore change their behaviour
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Screw you effect
Knowing the aim could result in participants giving the answer/demonstrating a behaviour which was not predicted
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Researcher/ Interviewer effects

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Where the researcher may have been influenced the participant

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Observer Effects/ Hawthorne effect

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Social desirability Bias

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Demand Characteristics

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