Experimental

Research
Lesson 3
What is Experimental Research?
• It 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 extent
of the effects or
influence of the
treatment on the
object/subject, then
discovers the causes
of such effects.
 Two groups in
Experimental
Research.

• 1. Experimental Group – the one on which

the treatment or influence is applied

• 2. Control Group – which does not receive

any treatment

• NOTE: Objects/Subjects are chosen randomly or

selected by chance, rather than by decision.
CLASSIFICATION OF EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
• 1. True Experimental Research
• 2. Quasi-experimental Research

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IS DONE IN;

• 1. Laboratory Research
• 2. Field Research
 CLASSIFICATION OF EXPERIMENTAL
RESEARCH – Manner of Selecting the
Respondents
• 1. True Experimental Research
-Absolutely uses random selection
• 2. Quasi-experimental Research
-Comparative Technique

NOTE:
Quasi-experimental Research fails to qualify as a genuine
experimental research and is susceptible to doubts. (Sharp 2012;
Gray 2013)
Steps in Conducting an
Experimental Research
• 1. Give a pre-test
- to examine the initial
condition of both groups in
relation to a variable, condition,
or factor
• 2. Apply to the control group a
new condition
• 3. Give the latter group a
post-test
- to determine the effects
or influence of the treatment or
condition applied on them
Here are some of the methods of letting a variable,
factor, or condition intervene or have a n application
on the subjects and of later determining the effects of
such intervention.

• 1. Treatment Evaluation (ex

post facto or after the fact)
- evaluation comes
after the treatment
• 2. Pre-test and Post test
• A TRUE EXPERIMENT is a type of
experimental design and is thought to be the most
accurate type of experimental research. This is
because a true experiment supports or refutes a
hypothesis using statistical analysis. A true
experiment is also thought to be the only
experimental design that can establish cause and
effect relationships.
• There are three criteria that must be met in a true
experiment

1. CONTROL GROUP AND EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

True experiments must have a control group,
which is a group of research participants that
resemble the experimental group but do not receive
the experimental treatment. The control group
provides a reliable baseline data to which you can
compare the experimental results.
The experimental group is the group of
research participants who receive the experimental
treatment. True experiments must have at least one
control group and one experimental group, though it
is possible to have more than one experimental
group.
2. RESEARCHER-MANIPULATED VARIABLE
In true experiments, the
researcher has to change or manipulate
the variable that is hypothesized to affect
the outcome variable that is being
studied. The variable that the researcher
has control over is called the independent
variable. The independent variable is also
called the predictor variable because it is
the presumed cause of the differences in
the outcome variable.
The outcome or effect that the
research is studying is called
the dependent variable. The dependent
variable is also called the outcome
variable because it is the outcome that
the research is studying. The researcher
does not manipulate the dependent
variable.
 3. RANDOM ASSIGNMENT

Random
assignment is useful
in that it assures that
the differences in
the groups are due
to chance. Research
participants have to
be randomly
assigned to either
the control or
experimental group.
Quasi-Experimental Research
• 1. matched comparison
• 2. time-series quasi experimental research
• 3. single subject quasi-experimental research