Which of the Following Is an Example of Demand Characteristics

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of demand characteristics affecting an experiment?

• A)An experimenter draws the wrong conclusions from a study because she did not use the correct statistical analysis.
• B)A participant changes his response to a question because he has the feeling he knows what the experimenter wants.
• C)An experimenter changes her behaviour because she can predict how the participant will respond.
• D)A participant in a double-blind experiment believes she is in the control group.

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