Experiments

• Laboratory experiments


  Conducted in a laboratory - controlled environment

  High control over the variables
• Field experiment

  Takes place in a natural setting

  Researcher still controls and changes the independent variable
• Natural experiment


  Takes place in a natural setting

  Changes in the IV happens naturally so is not manipulated by the researcher
• Qualitative data


  Information that is expressed in words
• Quantitative data


  Information that can be counted
• A quantitative approach to research involving a independent variable and a dependent variable
• Independent variable


  The variable that is changed by the experimenter
• Dependent variable


  The variable that is measured in the experimenter