Question

A prison administration wants to know whether the prisoners think the guards treat them fairly. Explain how each of the following components could be used to produce biased results, versus how each could be used to produce unbiased results.A) Component 2: The researcher who had contact with the parcipants. B) Component 4: The exact nature of the measurements made or question asked.

Answer 1

A prison administration wants to know whether the prisoners think the guards treat them fairly. The explanation, of each component could be used to produce biased and unbiased results, is as follow

A) Component 2:

• If the prison guards ask the questions from the prisoners directly by themselves then it is highly like to get the biased results.

• If the person are hired outside from the staff then it will minimize the probability of biased results rather it will allow to get the best results.

B) Component 4:

• The question asked from prisoner would be biased if it is like "You don't have any complaints about how you are treated, do you?"
• The same question can be unbiased if asked in such a way "We are interested in your opinion about your treatment by the guards. Do you think you are fairly or unfairly treated by them?"