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CONTROLLING EXTRANEOUS VARIABLES
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
1. Learn to control aspects of the physical environment
2. Understand demand characteristics and experimenter bias and how to control their effects
3. Learn how an experimenter’s personality can influence experiments
4. Understand how to control for special problems created by the experimental context
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EXTRANEOUS VARIABLES
Variables that can threaten an experiment internal validity
Physical Social Personality Context
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PHYSICAL VARIABLE
Day of the week, testing room, noise, distractions
Experimental group and control group were tested on two separate occasions with grossly different physical conditions
Can be avoided by: Elimination Constancy of condition Balancing
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ELIMINATION
Simply, eliminating variables that can confound the experiment
Noise? Use a soundproof room., hang a “Don’t Disturb”
sign
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CONSTANCY OF CONDITIONS
If you cannot eliminate extraneous variable, try to keep all aspects of the treatment conditions as nearly similar as possible.
Same... Color of the wall, comfort level, lighting,
instructions, time, ventilation, etc.
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BALANCING When neither elimination nor constancy can
be used. Subjects not available at the same time. Limited use of rooms.
Confounded
Experimental Group Control Group
Room 801; 9am, July 15, 2009 Room 804, 3pm; July 17
Participants:
E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, E6, E7, E8, E9, E10, E11, E12, E13, E14, E15, E16
Participants:
C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C12, C13, C14, C15, C16
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BALANCING
Distributing the effects of an extraneous variables across the different treatment conditions.
Balanced (assign subjects randomly)
Experimental Group Control Group
Room 801; 9am, July 15, 2009 Room 804, 3pm; July 17
Participants:
E1, E4, E6, E7, E9, E10, E11, E13
C3, C5, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C15,
Participants:
C1, C2, C4, C6, C12, C13, C14, C16
E2, E3, E5, E8, E12, E14, E15, E16
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SOCIAL VARIABLES
Qualities of the relationship between subjects and experiments Demand characteristic Experimenter bias
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DEMAND CHARACTERISTICS
Aspects of the experimental situation that demand the people behave in a particular way.
Our behavior is shaped by what we think is expected in a given situation.
Research subjects want to be good subjects They might try to guess the hypothesis; may
set out to prove or disprove it. Can be controlled by:
Single-blind experiment Cover story
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SINGLE-BLIND EXPERIMENT
An experiment in which subjects do not know which treatment they are getting.
Some information about the experiment may be revealed
Placebo effect Even so, there is still a possibility, though
slim, that the subjects will figure out the hypothesis
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COVER STORIES
A plausible, false explanation for the procedures used in the study, in order to disguise the actual research hypothesis.
Deception is a departure form informed consent
Whenever possible, do not use one Debriefing is required
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EXPERIMENTER BIAS
An experimenter may unknowingly give subjects cues that tell them how he would like then to respond.
Gestures, tone of voice, behavior of the experimenter can vary systematically across treatment conditions; errors in recoding data
What can be done: Follow written direction, time the experiment, be
consistent, minimize personal contact. Can be controlled by:
Double-blind Experiment
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DOUBLE-BLIND EXPERIMENT
The subjects do not know which treatment they are receiving, and the experimenter does not know either. Use of an independent rater
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PERSONALITY VARIABLES
Personal characteristics of the experimenter
Be pleasant, but remember that you can affect the outcome of your experiment
Maintain consistency in your interactions The more you vary behavior, the more you
are likely to produce variability in the responses of your subjects.
Minimize contact Adhere strictly to the experimental
procedures
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CONTEXT VARIABLES
Come about from procedures created by the environment, or context of the research setting. Subject recruitment Selection Assignment procedures
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WHEN SUBJECTS SELECTTHE EXPERIMENT
Am I free? What kind of experiment is it? Titles of experiments can bias the sample Try to keep the titles as neutral as possible
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WHEN EXPERIMENTER SELECTS THE SUBJECTS
If subjects are not selected randomly, your sample will be biased
Best to use people you do not know Set procedure for randomly selecting people
you approach Keep demeanor consistent Design random assignment procedure