Distinguishing Field and Laboratory Research

Field studies occur in the natural environment

Laboratory studies

control for many

interfering elements

in the environment Distinction is fluid

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Advantages and Limitations of Field and Laboratory Research

Power of manipulation + -Realism + -Control usually - +Measurement maybe +Randomization - +Observer bias - +

Field Laboratory

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Types of Historical Research

Biographical Studies Movement Studies Rhetorical Criticism Development of Ideas Case Studies Bibliographic Research

Slide 7.3