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  2. Observer-expectancy effect - Wikipedia

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    The observer-expectancy effect [a] is a form of reactivity in which a researcher's cognitive bias causes them to subconsciously influence the participants of an experiment. Confirmation bias can lead to the experimenter interpreting results incorrectly because of the tendency to look for information that conforms to their hypothesis, and ...

  3. Experimenter's regress - Wikipedia

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    In new fields of research where no paradigm has yet evolved and where no consensus exists as what counts as proper research, experimenter's regress is a problem that often occurs. Also, in situations where there is much controversy over a discovery or claim due to opposing interests, dissenters will often question experimental evidence that ...

  4. Category:Experimental bias - Wikipedia

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    Bias that is introduced at some stage during experimentation or reporting of research. It is often introduced by, or alleviated by, the experimental design . Pages in category "Experimental bias"

  5. Demand characteristics - Wikipedia

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    Minimize interpersonal contact between the researcher and the participant: Reduces experimenter expectancy effect. Use a between-subjects design rather than a within-subjects design : The central tendency of a social group can affect ratings of its intragroup variability in the absence of social identity concerns.

  6. Design of experiments - Wikipedia

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    One of the most important requirements of experimental research designs is the necessity of eliminating the effects of spurious, intervening, and antecedent variables. In the most basic model, cause (X) leads to effect (Y). But there could be a third variable (Z) that influences (Y), and X might not be the true cause at all.

  7. Glossary of experimental design - Wikipedia

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    Effect (of a factor): How changing the settings of a factor changes the response. The effect of a single factor is also called a main effect. A treatment effect may be assumed to be the same for each experimental unit, by the assumption of treatment-unit additivity; more generally, the treatment effect may be the average effect.

  8. Observer effect - Wikipedia

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    Observer-expectancy effect, a form of reactivity in which a researcher's cognitive bias causes them to unconsciously influence the participants of an experiment; Observer bias, a detection bias in research studies resulting for example from an observer's cognitive biases

  9. Subject-expectancy effect - Wikipedia

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    In scientific research and psychotherapy, the subject-expectancy effect, is a form of reactivity that occurs when a research subject expects a given result and therefore unconsciously affects the outcome, or reports the expected result.