Question

Tom told his son, bobby, to go out and rake leaves. bobby went outside but raked pretty slowly (one bag in 2 hours). tom told bobby that he would pay him $1 per bag. in the next two hours, bobby raked 6 bags. data collected in the first 2 hour period is called __________ data

Answer 1

So when tom told his son he will a given a reward of $1 for every bag of leaves raked, the efficiency of the work increased from 1 bag in 2 hours to 6 bags in 2 hours. So here the idea of treatment data is utilized in the first 2 hour period as tom was observing how his son will fare without any reward. This is technique from behavioral strategy.