What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of an Experiment

question 46

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: The data were collected for another purpose and therefore the researcher cannot control what variables were included.
• B)Advantage: Good for exploratory and descriptive study in a natural setting; Disadvantage: 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: There are none.
• E)Advantage: Provides greatest opportunity to assess cause and effect; Disadvantage: The setting may have an artificial quality about it.

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Definitions:

Ends-Based Thinking

is a moral reasoning approach that focuses on the outcomes or consequences of actions to determine their ethicality.

Religious

Pertaining to the belief in and worship of a god or gods, a specific system of belief and worship involving a code of ethics, a value orientation emphasizing spiritual peace.

Secular

Not religious; not connected with a church, synagogue, mosque, pagoda, temple, or other religious institution.

Rationality

The quality of being based on or in accordance with reason or logic, often characterized by making decisions through systematic, logical, and objective criteria.