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How might the "Hawthorne Effect" come into play in your community-based research projects?

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  • Well I expect the Hawthorne Effect to account for some inaccuracy in the results of our surveying. I am doing my research on peoples recycling habits in the Machias area and for example I expect when I ask people how often they recycle that I will some times get a participant of the survey that will say that they recycle more often then they do because they assume that we want them to recycle more.

    Vince

  • In the homeless study a possible "Hawthorne Effect" could possibly happen. If we interviewed someone who is homeless and ask about experiences that might have led to their homelessness, they may make a realization and try to better themselves, or better their children from the mistakes that could be made. Or if the interviewee hadn't tried to get help before, like from a shelter, then they may try after opening up in the interview. Almost like an eye-opener.

    Mallory Johnson

  • I think that you might be right. I think that with your group, just studying these people won't have a change in their life. It will give you numbers but it won't help them find a home.

  • I think that wording for all of our groups are important. Each of the groups are different but with all of them, the way the questions are asked could effect the answers greatly

  • Well in our project with the elderly we need to really pay attention to how we present ourselves and our question. If we go to talk to the elderly and we are dressed in a suit and are acting very impersonal we are going to get completely different answers than if we went to talk to them and were casually dressed and weren't trying to act like uncaring interviewers. Our questions even need to be carefully looked at because certain wording can affect answers.

    Jess O

  • I agree with Tammy, Breaen, and Kristina on how the Hawthorne effect may influence our interviews with the elderly. We need to be careful how we a wording questions and comments so we don't influence the participants in any way. Also, we will be strangers to them and they could be uncomfortable.  I think we need to make sure that we present ourselves in a respectful manner but not too professional. That may make them even more uncomfortable if we don't appear to be relaxed.

    Jenn Law

  • I think this could be a problem because the focus of our group is to find ways to help them know what resources are available to them. My group members and I will have to try hard to show the elderly that we are there for them and them only. I think if they had a chance to get to know us and warm up to us we would get more information. Unfortunately this class only goes to December so hopefully they warm up quick and be themselves.

    Tammy Allen

  • They might not want to tell us the things they need or that might be bothering them because they might not feel comfortable or willing to give out so much information to someone they dont know.. I think if they were to tell family members about what was going on or what they needed they might be much more likely to open up.

    Tammy Allen

  • The Hawthorne Effect is defined as, A tendency of research subjects to act atypically as a result of their awareness of being studied, as opposed to any actual treatment that has occurred. I think this might come into play during our elderly study because the people we will be interviewing will not know us.

    Tammy Allen

  • The Hawthorne Effect may come in to play during the elderly study because we are conducting face to face interviews. The people we interview may be intimidated by the fact that we're strangers and not answer our questions as colorfully as they would have had we been somebody that they knew or trusted.

    On the other hand, they may add a little color to their answers to try and make it worth while for us to have come out.

    It all depends on the people and how they deal with interviews.

    Breaen R

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