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nramada

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Name two ways in which an experimenter can bias the results in a poorly designed experiment.

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A group of volunteers is clearly not a random sample from the population, yet volunteers are often used in experiments. Explain why.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANY REASONABLE ANSWERS OK. EXAMPLES: RECORDING THE DATA ERRONEOUSLY TO MATCH THE DESIRED OUTCOME; TREATING SUBJECTS DIFFERENTLY BASED ON WHICH CONDITION THEY ARE RECEIVING (NOT BEING BLINDED); SUBTLY LETTING THE SUBJECTS KNOW THE DESIRED OUTCOME; EXPERIMENTER EFFECT.

Answer to Question 2

IT IS IMPRACTICAL AND MANY TIMES UNETHICAL TO SUBJECT SOMEONE TO AN EXPERIMENT WITHOUT THEM VOLUNTEERING FOR IT.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Excellent

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