Piliavin and Levine

Cards (2)

  • Difference- Data
    Piliavin- both quantitative (percentage of helpers and time taken to help) and qualitative data (comments from passengers on why they didn’t help) collected.
    Levine- only quantitative data collected (the percentage of help received in different cities for comparison)
  • Similarity- Sampling Method
    Piliavin- opportunity sampling- making use of the 4450 passengers using the trains to measure helping
    Levine- opportunity sampling- making use of people in the cities at the point of the scenarios being created to see who helps