On the social psychology of the psychological experiment: the experimenter's hypothesis as unintended determinant of experimental results.
Abstract
Scientists are aware of the fact that they are imperfect instruments in the quest for lawful relationships (Wilson, 1952). Errors of ob servation and of interpretation have been discussed systematically from the time of the discovery of the personal equation among the astronomers Bessel, Kinnebrook, and Maskelyne, et al. (Boring, 1950). A lively in terest in these problems is to be found today among medical researchers and particularly among...
Paper Details
Title
On the social psychology of the psychological experiment: the experimenter's hypothesis as unintended determinant of experimental results.
Published Date
Jun 1, 1963
Journal
Volume
51
Pages
268 - 283
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