observer effect

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is the potential effect of an observer on the observed situation (such that what is observed may be different form what would happen in the absence of the observer)

See : The observer effect

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.