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experimenter effects  

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  • When scientists conduct experiments, influences and errors occur that affect the results of the experiments. Those influences and errors that occur because of some characteristics of the experimenter or because of something the experimenter did are called experimenter effects. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Experimenter Effects]

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