Thinking in terms of a social setting such as a dance, a concert, a meal, if an experiment were to be designed in such a way, how can the method be validated? Similarly, what role would reliability play in an experiment set in a social setting? How can you recreate social settings for further empirical study?
I would love to read some examples of studies if you are familiar with any!
Many thanks.
Check out Stanford prison experiment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
In "the Milgram and the Zimbardo studies, participants conform to social pressures. Conformity is strengthened by allowing some participants to feel more or less powerful than others. In both experiments, behavior is altered to match the group stereotype". The cocktail effect experiment is also done in a social setting.
I recommend Meehl et al. and Cronbach with regards to versimimitude.
Hope this helps
Matt
You asked about the validity and reliability. These are the critical points. If you chose your subject from very dissimilar groups and settings there is a greater chance to get reliable data as well as external validity which is important for researchers who want to repeat the experiment. Check this out if it gives you advice: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6462/54a1698a66aacb6eceb66c126309c3311997.pdf
EXPLORING THE RELIABILITY OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURES CONTENT ANALYSIS
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