Participants. In this part of the method section, you should describe the participants in your experiment, including who they were (and any unique features that set them apart from the general population), how many there were, and how they were selected.
Hereof, what is the method section of a research paper?
The methods section of a research paper provides the information by which a study’s validity is judged. Therefore, it requires a clear and precise description of how an experiment was done, and the rationale for why specific experimental procedures were chosen.
Keeping this in consideration, what makes a good research participant? You’ll generally get more insight from participants who are open, honest, articulate and capable of providing information under the conditions of the study. These are all characteristics that you can test for with a well-designed screener.