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What is an Experiment?
Concomitant variation
Validity in Experimentation
Internal validity: Internal validity tries to examine
whether the observed effect on a dependent
variable is actually caused by the treatments
(independent variables) in question.
External validity: External validity refers to the
generalization of the results of an experiment.
The concern is whether the result of an
experiment can be generalized beyond the
experimental situations.
Matching
Statistical control
Pre-experimental design
Pre-experimental designs do not make use of any randomization
procedures to control the extraneous variables. Therefore, the
internal validity of such designs is questionable.
X O
One-group pre-test–post-test design:
O1 X O2
Static group comparison:
Group 1 - X O1
Group 2 - O2
Quasi-experimental designs
In quasi-experimental design, the researcher can
control when measurements are taken and on
whom they are taken. However, this design lacks
complete control of scheduling of treatment and
also lacks the ability to randomize test units’
exposure to treatments.
Contd…..
Quasi-experimental designs
Quasi-experimental designs
Multiple time series design:
Experimental Group: O1 O2 O3 O4 X O5 O6 O7 O8
Control Group: O′1 O′2 O′3 O′4 O′5 O′6 O′7 O′8
Experimental Group: R X O1
Control Group: R O2
Experimental Group 1 : R O1 X O2
Control Group 1: R O3 O4
Experimental Group 2: R X O5
Control Group 2: R O6
Statistical designs
Factorial design