Following activities are related to the conduct of experiment in social research:

(A) Control the experimental environment

(B) Pilot test, revise and test

(C) Empathy with the participants

(D) Praising the good qualities of the participant

(E) Specify the treatment levels

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: 

Activities related to the conduct of experiments in social research are:

(A) Control the experimental environment

(B) Pilot test, revise and test

(E) Specify the treatment levels

Key Points

Experiment in social research:

• Social scientists conduct research using a structured methodology.
• There are two types of social research methodologies
  • quantitative and
  • qualitative.
• Control over the experimental environment is one of the characteristics
• In controlled experiments, researchers use random assignment (i.e. participants are randomly assigned to be in the experimental group or the control group) in order to minimize potential confounding variables in the study. 
• To evaluate the feasibility, time, cost, risk, and performance of a research project, Pilot Testing is adopted.
• In experiments, a treatment is something that researchers administer to experimental units.
• For example, a corn field is divided into four, each part is 'treated' with a different fertiliser to see which produces the most corn; a teacher practices different teaching methods on different groups in her class to see which yields the best results; a doctor treats a patient with a skin condition with different creams to see which is most effective.

Hence (A), (B), (E) only is correct.

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