Psychology A-Level
interviewer effects
What interviewer effects means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of interviewer effects
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Reference: OCR
Introduced by the live interviewer in a structured interview, who can clarify a misread question but also affects the respondent.
Topics that use interviewer effects
- Research methods and techniques (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- behavioural categories
- causal inference
- co-variables
- direction and strength
- inter-rater reliability
- manipulation of an independent variable
- open and closed questions
- qualitative and quantitative data
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