Wednesday, August 1, 2007

An Experiment: When the Only Familiar Sight Is a Uniform

Are police officers patrolling the streets willing to give directions to out-of-towners?

This NY Times article conducts "an experiment" on police officers' responses to questions about directions?

What would be the IV? DV?

What controls did the reporters use?

Were operational definitions mentioned?

What potentially important controls did the reporters not use?

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