ONE-SHOT

CASE STUDY
GROUP 6
 ONE-SHOT CASE
STUDY
• A type of pre-experimental design where a
single group of test units is exposed to an
experimental treatment and a single
measurement is taken afterwards. It only
measures the post-test results and does not
use a control group
One-shot Case Study can be
diagramed as follow:

X 𝑶𝟏
treatment observation
•A single group of test units is exposed to a
treatment X.
•A single measurement on the dependent
variable is taken (𝑶𝟏 ).
•There is no random assignment of test unit.
•The one-shot case study is more
appropriate for exploratory than for
conclusive research.
The most obvious weakness of this design
is:
•Absence of control: the researcher does
not know whether the result is due to the
treatment.
•Not possible to compare so the
researcher doesn’t know whether the
treatment had any effect at all.