Five Research techniques
Experimental
testing through changing independent variables to see its effect on dependent variables.
a powerful method in knowing the cause-effect of nature.
it can only be used under practical and ethical restrictions.
half of the brain cells of birds grow when they are in an enclosed area, but brain cells of birds in natural environment totally grow.
Naturalistic observation
monitoring a behavior of a phenomenon over a long period of time
it is more descriptive than experiments done in laboratories
cause- effect cannot be proven unless through experimenting the results of naturalistic observation research in lab.
naturalistic observation research shows the mediterranean sea level is increasing that it covers more land every certain period of time
Survey
collecting data about a behavior through interviews and questionnaires
it helps in collecting data of a behavior of a large groups
it has to be clear for surveyors in order to be accurate
the world survey on whether Iran stops there nuclear program or not
Correlation
using statistics to monitor the behavior of a object
it is an alternative of experimental research for finding the relation between two behaviors
it is a systematic way to show relation between two behaviors, but it doesn’t show the cause-effect
statistics show that obesity is a major problem for many Americans because they east a big amount of food more than people in other communities
Case Study
collecting data about a behavior through observers
helps to get deep details about an individual or a phenomenon
it can be only described not explained through experimentalism
because of pollution in the Mediterranean sea many marine creatures migrated and left the sea.