{"id":39327,"date":"2022-07-14T14:23:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T08:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/?p=39327"},"modified":"2022-07-18T13:57:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T07:57:19","slug":"observer-bias-in-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/observer-bias-in-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Observer Bias in Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

R1 \u2013 \u201cI am telling you, the result will be this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

R2 \u2013 \u201cHow can you be so sure?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

R1 \u2013 \u201cSee, from the observation, I feel results will be in favor of my assumption.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

R2 \u2013 \u201cSo, all this is based on your feeling?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

R1 \u2013 \u201cOh yes, I am so sure that I can predict the result!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

R2 \u2013 \u201cYou are biased! <\/em><\/p>\n

The whole point of an observational study is to keep it unbiased, what if you unintentionally tweak the experiment to get the desirable result?\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

This discussion between two researchers talks about how observer bias<\/strong> could alter the results and inferences in a research. Often, researchers are unaware or get swayed by their expectations and assumption in research. Although it appears as a trivial issue, observer bias<\/strong> could impact research study and deviate the results to a great extent from the original expectations.<\/p>\n

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