Harrison conducted an experiment to investigate the effect of weapon focus on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. He showed a sample of 20 university students a video of a bank robbery where the perpetrator held either a large kitchen knife (weapon condition) or a leather wallet (control condition). Harrison then used a structured questionnaire with closed questions to measure their recall of the perpetrator's facial details.
Explain one improvement Harrison could make to his experiment.
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