Experimental Research

Lesson 3
 Experimental Research

• 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.
• Experimental Group – the one on which the treatment or influence is
applied.
• Control Group – does not receive any treatment.
 2 Categories of Experimental Research
• True Experimental Research – 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.
 EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Field Research Laboratory Research
True Experimental Research– random
selection
Quasi Experimental Research – comparative
technique
Matched comparison – choosing participants that shares
similarities
Time-series – gives pre-test and post-test
Single-subject – treatment is given to only one group
 Types of Quasi-experimental Research
• matched comparison – choosing a treatment group and another group
that has similarities with the treatment group
• time-series quasi-experimental research – giving them a series of pre-
tests and post-tests
• single-subject quasi-experimental research – controls treatment and
condition applied to just one individual or a group
 Research Design of Experimental
Research
1. Specify the topic/problem
2. Formulate research problem and hypothesis
3. Determine variables
4. Select respondents/subjects
5. Specify type of research
6. Conduct research
- ex post facto/ after the fact
- pre-test and post-test on multiple treatment
7. Collect, analyze, and interpret results
 True Experimental Research Vs.
Quasi-experimental Research
• People in hard sciences love to do true experimental research. (involves
numerical data)
• Those in soft sciences usually do quasi-experimental research. (involves
attitudes, values, and inclinations of people)
• Researchers on Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship use either true
experimental research or quasi-experimental research
 In conducting experimental Research:

•First, give a pre-test to examine the initial condition of both groups

•Second, apply to control group a new condition
•Third, give the latter group a post-test to determine the effects or
influence of the treatment or condition applied to them.