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单词 Hawthorne effect
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Definition of Hawthorne effect in English:

Hawthorne effect

noun
  • The alteration of behaviour by the subjects of a study due to their awareness of being observed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As in any observational study, the Hawthorne effect is a possibility.
    • When unable to conduct hypothesis-driven research, they strive to be value-neutral and ‘objective’ in the field, thus avoiding the Hawthorne effect.
    • This observation suggests that the act of monitoring produces benefits beyond the so-called Hawthorne effect.
    • The modest improvement we observed is probably explained by a Hawthorne effect.
    • The results cannot be explained by the Hawthorne effect as they have been sustained over five years.
    • To avoid performance bias due to the Hawthorne effect, the investigators purposely scheduled the observations during the last 2 months of the intervention phase of the larger study.
    • The improvement in mortality could also be an indirect effect, unrelated to the medical emergency team - namely the Hawthorne effect.
    • To minimize the impact of the Hawthorne effect, no nursing specialty was emphasized more than another.
    • It might be argued that a Hawthorne effect was created while the investigator gave a brief talk on changing attitudes toward sexuality before collecting data.
    • There were some concerns that the introduction of the badges would introduce a Hawthorne effect.
    • A Hawthorne effect could occur in both acupuncture and placebo treatment groups because they were studied.

Origin

1960s: from Hawthorne, the name of one of the Western Electric Company's plants in Chicago, where the phenomenon was first observed in the 1920s.

 
 

Definition of Hawthorne effect in US English:

Hawthorne effect

noun
  • The alteration of behavior by the subjects of a study due to their awareness of being observed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The modest improvement we observed is probably explained by a Hawthorne effect.
    • This observation suggests that the act of monitoring produces benefits beyond the so-called Hawthorne effect.
    • The improvement in mortality could also be an indirect effect, unrelated to the medical emergency team - namely the Hawthorne effect.
    • There were some concerns that the introduction of the badges would introduce a Hawthorne effect.
    • To minimize the impact of the Hawthorne effect, no nursing specialty was emphasized more than another.
    • The results cannot be explained by the Hawthorne effect as they have been sustained over five years.
    • To avoid performance bias due to the Hawthorne effect, the investigators purposely scheduled the observations during the last 2 months of the intervention phase of the larger study.
    • As in any observational study, the Hawthorne effect is a possibility.
    • When unable to conduct hypothesis-driven research, they strive to be value-neutral and ‘objective’ in the field, thus avoiding the Hawthorne effect.
    • It might be argued that a Hawthorne effect was created while the investigator gave a brief talk on changing attitudes toward sexuality before collecting data.
    • A Hawthorne effect could occur in both acupuncture and placebo treatment groups because they were studied.

Origin

1960s: from Hawthorne, the name of one of the Western Electric Company's plants in Chicago, where the phenomenon was first observed in the 1920s.

 
 
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