What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of an Experiment

question 64

Multiple Choice

What are the advantages and disadvantages of an experiment?

• A)advantage: good for gathering information about issues that are not directly observed; disadvantage: because the data were collected for another purpose, the researcher cannot control what variables were included
• B)advantage: good for exploratory and descriptive study in a natural setting; disadvantage: a potential for a low response rate
• C)advantage: group interaction may produce more valuable insights than individual surveys; disadvantage: research must balance roles of participant and observer
• D)advantage: saves the expense and time of original data collection; disadvantage: replication of research is difficult
• E)advantage: provides greatest opportunity to assess cause and effect; disadvantage: the setting may have an artificial quality about it

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