Discuss the strength and weakness of experimental method as a method of enquiry
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Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of experimental method as a method of enquiry. The strengths of experimental method as a method of enquiry are: ... → The experiments may produce results that do not generalise well, or apply to real situations. → It is not always feasible to study a particular problem experimentally.
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Explanation:
Experimental method is aimed at discovering causal relationship between various factors by manipulating the situation under totally controlled conditions.
☆Characterstics:-☆
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1.Experimentation involves manipulation of variables to study their effect on other aspects.
2.Experiments are carried out in totally controlled condition.
3.Subjects or individuals are assigned to experimental and control group, randomly.
4.All factors other than manipulated variable that might affect the dependent variable are kept constant.
☆limitations:-☆
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1.Experiments are conducted in a very artificial and unrealistic situations-the setting is not natural.
2.They lack external validity.
☆example:-☆
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generalizability. Since they are not done in natural settings the results can’t be generalized with confidence.
3.It is difficult to control and know all extraneous variables like:-
▪motivation
▪ emotion.state etc.
4.It is not always possible to study a problem experimentally.
☆For example:-☆
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personality can’t be studied experimentally