Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078136334
ISBN 13: 978-0-07813-633-7

Chapter 1 - The Nature of Probability and Statistics - 1-4 Experimental Design - Exercises - Page 24: 8

Answer

The Hawthorne effect is that participants in a study may change their behavior if they know that they are participating in a study.

Work Step by Step

The Hawthorne effect can skew the results of an experiment.
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