You are conducting a study in which your research assistants will stage arguments in front of
the research participants. Describe how you would achieve standardization regarding the
tasks and your research assistants.
What will be an ideal response?
Standardization refers to uniformity in lab members across tasks; thus, the research
assistants need to be trained and adhere to a study protocol. The study protocol
contains detailed information on how the assistants should behavior, and may even
include specific language that is memorized by all. In the case of this study, the
researchers must be trained in the same way to stage the arguments, and during
piloting, the lead researcher should make sure that they are all acting out the arguments
in the same way. Thus, the content and duration of the arguments should be the same,
as well as tone and intensity. Finally, the researchers should be instructed to gauge the
intensity of their subjects' reactions, and trained to stop the procedures if a response
reaches a certain threshold.
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