Levine Study

Question 1

What was the type of data

Answer 1

• All quantitive( easier to analyse and compromise)
• no other representative data
• no insight( don’t know what anyone was thinking)

Question 2

What was the research method

Answer 2

• field study
• different types of research methods used at the same time
• biased
• correlation ( no proof of cause and effect)

Question 3

What’s the validity

Answer 3

• They know what their doing( ecological validity)

- internal validity, not aware that they’re in a study( behaving genuinely)

Question 4

What’s the reliability

Answer 4

It’s low

• very difficult to replicate the experiment fairly, because of environment
• all actors neatly dressed
• all actors are trained

Question 5

What’s the practical application

Answer 5

• economic factors were significant

- try to encourage countries to take responsibility for welfare of others

Question 6

What are the ethics

Answer 6

Ethical (approved)

Protection of participants