WorksheetsDemand Characteristics, Investigator Effects & Pilot Studies
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Demand characteristics are least likely to occur in which investigation.
Repeated measures design
Laboratory experiment
Covert observation
Quasi experiment in a laboratory
Which of the following statements about a pilot study is false?
A pilot study is a trial run
A pilot study is small scale
A pilot study is used to find out if the hypothesis is correct
A pilot study allows the researcher to identify issues
Which of the following is not an example of participant reactivity
Participant trying to work out what questionnaire is measuring
Participant trying to work out the aim of an experiment
Participant in an overt observation study trying to work out what observer is looking for
Participant doing worse on a task because they have already done it once and are tired
Which of the following is not a strength of conducting a pilot study?
A pilot study can be used to train observers in an observation study
It saves you money in the long run
It allows researchers to identify potential problems
It is a way of checking whether your experiment will support the hypothesis
Which of the following is not an examples of investigation effect?
Order effect
Leading questions
Observer bias
Smiling more when participants showing the expected response
Demand characteristics are most likely to occur in which of these types of investigation?
Laboratory investigation
Covert observation
Field experiment
Natural experiment
Which of the following would help to reduce investigator effects?
Single-blind control
Double-blind control
Randomisation
Repeated measures design
For which of these types of research method would you use a pilot study?
Observation
Experiment
All of them
Interview
Which of the following is not a way of reducing investigator effects?
Check for inter-observer reliability
Double blind control
Counterbalancing
Standardised instructions
Which of the following is the correct definition of 'demand characteristics?'
Participants trying to make sense of the research situation
Cues or clues from the researcher or research situation which may lead to the participant altering their behaviour
Participants demanding the right to withdraw
All participants being given the same information and experience
