In a research setting, participants may act differently because they think they are getting special attention. This reaction of treatment group to the special attention rather than the treatment itself is called as :
Hawthrone effect
The Hawthorne effect is the change in behaviour of participants simply because they know they are being observed or receiving special attention.
It was identified in the Hawthorne Works studies, where workers' productivity rose whenever they were given attention, regardless of the actual change in working conditions.
Attention deficit is a psychological disorder, and Jung effect and Marlov effect are not recognised research effects, so they do not describe this reaction.
Hence, Hawthrone effect.
A university department plans to undertake a study wherein attitudes, values and biases of teachers and students are to be probed with an eye on disclosing their patterns of adjustment. Which types of research methods will be considered appropriate in this context?
(i) Experimental method
(ii) Case study method
(iii) Descriptive method
(iv) Ethnographic method
(v) Historical method
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In which of the following activities, potential for nurturing creative and critical thinking is relatively greater?
In which of the following arrangements a wider spectrum of ideas and issues may be made possible?
A researcher intends to explore the effect of possible factors for the organization of effective mid-day meal interventions. Which research method will be most appropriate for this study ?
Reliability and objectivity of the test are reported by using :
Match the following
List I Ideas | List II Explanation | ||
A. | Analytic Hermeneutics | 1. | Meaning determines reference and our understanding of the being of entities |
B. | Hermeneutic Realism | 2. | Methodology of Interpretation |
C. | Hermeneutic Idealism | 3. | Combining analytic philosophy with hermeneutics |
D. | Hermeneutics | 4. | Nature in itself and Science provides an explanation |
The reasoning which proceeds from a general truth to a particular truth is called:
Match List I with List II
List I Book/Works | List II Sociologists | ||
A. | Research Methods in Social Relation | 1. | William Goode |
B. | Methods in Social Research | 2. | Schuessler and Mueller |
C. | The Rules of Sociological Method | 3. | Seltiz, Jahoda et. al. |
D. | Statistical Reasoning in Sociology | 4. | Emile Durkheim |
Arrange the following processes in a proper sequence to conduct scientific research:
(A) Induction
(B) Making prediction
(C) Observation of facts
(D) Testing of prediction
(E) Development of explanations
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