Observer effect

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In experimental research, the term observer effect (also see Hawthorne effect) refers to changes that the act of observing will make on the phenomenon being observed. It has application in many fields of scientific inquiry, and may refer specifically to:

It may also refer to:

  • Observer Effect, an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, named after this effect

It is sometimes conflated with:

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