Psychology Experiment Design Flaws
Not what you're looking for?
An experiment conducted by students that were given as aspirin at School A and sugar pills (but were told they were aspirin) for School B. The students who were given aspirin performed better on the exam than the student who were given a sugar pill .
What is the independent variable?
What is the dependent variable?
What was the effect of aspirin in this experiment?
Was there a control condition in this experiment?
What can we conclude from this experiment?
Redesign the above experiement to eliminate any design flaws.
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
Psychology experiments are examined.
Solution Preview
This is fairly easy to analyze. All the questions will be treated below.
The independent variables are the receipt of the placebo and the aspirin. Who got what. Hence, there are only two.
The dependent variable is what is being explained - their performance on the exam. Of course, there is only one of these.
We don't know what the effect of aspirin was (for reasons below).
There is no a priori reason to hold that aspirin in any way enhances one's academic performance. If we said Adderall was given, then maybe we'd have a case. But aspirin? Most would just say ...
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Anxiety Disorders
This quiz is designed to help students gain a better understanding of various types of anxiety disorders.
Health Psychology
This quiz speaks to the general concepts, themes, and terminology associated with the field of health psychology.
Emotional Intelligence: A Beginning
An introduction to an emerging branch of Psychology-Emotional Intelligence.
Psychology
This quiz provides a general overview of psychology basics.
Common Characteristics of Qualitative Methods
This quiz evaluates the common characteristics seen in qualitative methodology.