Research methods - types of studies

Which of these is researcher bias most likely to be a weakness of?

• Natural experiment

• Lab experiment

• Field experiment

• Case study

Which of these has highly controlled and standardised procedures?

• Natural experiment

• Lab experiment

• Field experiment

• Case study

Which of these takes place in a natural environment AND has the researcher manipulating the independent variable?

• Natural experiment

• Lab experiment

• Field experiment

• Case study

Which of these tends to have low ecological validity?

• Natural experiment

• Lab experiment

• Field experiment

• Case study

Which of these is not an experiment?

• Natural experiment

• Lab experiment

• Field experiment

• Case study

Due to the high control in lab experiments minimising extraneous variables lab experiments tend to have high...

• Internal validity

• Ecological validity

• External validity

• Generalisability

In which of these does the researcher take advantage of a naturally occurring event or circumstance and compare these participants to a different group.

• Natural experiment

• Lab experiment

• Field experiment

• Case study