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Module 3 ( Week 3): Nature of Inquiry and Research: Review
Reference: Practical Research 2, Esther L. Baraceros
Module Overview
This module adheres to a scientific research design which is experimental research which referred to a hypothesis
testing or a deductive research method. This topic research is is completed in a controlled environment.
Lesson 3: Experimental Research
Objectives/ Desired Learning Outcomes
Cognitive: Identify what is experimental all about
Affective: synthesize understanding of experimental research
Psychomotor: sequence the events of to take place in quasi-experiment research
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Experimental Research is a quantitative research that treats or deals with the object or subject of the research in a
definite or exact manner and determines the extend of the effects or influence of the statement on the object/ subject,
then discovers the causes of such effects.
Classifications
Experimental research is categorized into two: true experimental research and quasi-experimental research.
True experimental research absolutely uses random selection in determining who among the participants should
compose the experimental group or the control group.
Quasi-experimental research, adopts a comparative technique in choosing the subjects.
In conducting an experimental research, first, give a pre-test to examine the initial condition of both groups in
relation to variable, condition, or factor; second, apply to the control group a new condition; and third, give the
latter group a post-test to determine the effects or influence of the treatment or conditioned applied on them.
Quasi-Experimental Research
Types
Matched comparison- choosing a treatment group and another group that has similarities with the treatment
group.
Time-series quasi-experimental research- giving them series of pre-tests and post-test.
Single-subject quasi-experimental research- controls treatment and condition applied to just one individual
or a group
ACTIVITY 1
1. Compare and contrast the two basic types of experimental research.
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2. Why is an experimental research also called scientific method?
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3. Which is better between the two types of experimental research? Explain your answer.
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4. How do you know when one is doing a true experimental or a quasi-experimental research?
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5. What do you think is the importance of experimental research?
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SELF- CHECK
Definition
Examples
TRUE-
EXPERIMENTAL
RESEARCH
Definition
Examples
QUASI-
EXPERIMENTAL
RESEARCH
SELF- REFLECT
1. What is the primary factor in determining whether a research is true experimental or quasi
experimental?
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