Lab Experiment

• Lab Experiment


  Researchers have a high level of control over all the variables
• Control environmental factors by using standardised procedures, standardised equipment and standardised methods of analysis
• The independent variable is manipulated by the researcher
• (+) A03: Cause and Effect

  Able to establish a cause and effect relationship between variables due to controlled observed differences
• (+) A03: High Internal Validity


  There is a degree of causal relation, the study is easily replicable due to standardised procedures
• (-) A03: Lacks Ecological Validity


  Can't apply lab studies to real world situations, lacking mundane realism