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EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
Types of Experimental Designs
• Non-experimental
– Post-test only
– Pre-post test
• Experimental
– Pre & post-test with control group
– Pre & multiple post-test with control group
– After-only control group
– Solomon four-group
• Quasi
– Non-equivalent control group
– Simple time-series
– Multiple time series
Laboratory vs. Field Experiments
• Lab
– Artificial (Low external validity)
– Control of variables (High internal validity)
– Good for theory building and process-level
understanding
• Field
– Realistic (High external validity)
– Less control (Low internal validity)
– Good for program evaluation
Non-Experimental
• No control group
• No measurement of dependent variable
before intervention
• Referred to as quasi-experiment in
Sekaran
Non-Experimental
• Post-test only
– Referred to as quasi-experiment in Sekaran
– Measurement taken only after intervention
– No baseline measure taken
– Hard to determine if change
• has occurred
• is due to intervention
– Good for studying nature of intervention
– Useful for evaluating participant learning after a
training session
Intervention Post-measure
Non-Experimental
• Pre-test/post-test
– Referred to as quasi-experiment in
Sekaran
– Change inferred from differences in pre vs.
post intervention measures
Experimental group
Experimental group
Pre- Intervention Post-measure 1 Control Post-
measure measure 2
Experimental group