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Experimental Designs

This document discusses several experimental designs: 1) Randomized posttest and pretest-posttest control group designs compare groups that receive a treatment or control after or before and after an experiment. 2) Matched subject designs match participants between groups on variables like weight to create equivalent experimental and control groups. 3) Factorial designs study the effects of two or more independent variables simultaneously, like examining the effects of different exercise intensities on men and women in a 3x2 design. 4) Psychological instruments like the Thematic Apperception Test use pictures to elicit stories from subjects and reveal underlying tendencies.

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Experimental Designs

This document discusses several experimental designs: 1) Randomized posttest and pretest-posttest control group designs compare groups that receive a treatment or control after or before and after an experiment. 2) Matched subject designs match participants between groups on variables like weight to create equivalent experimental and control groups. 3) Factorial designs study the effects of two or more independent variables simultaneously, like examining the effects of different exercise intensities on men and women in a 3x2 design. 4) Psychological instruments like the Thematic Apperception Test use pictures to elicit stories from subjects and reveal underlying tendencies.

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Experimental Designs:

Fakhar Razzaq
Randomized posttest control group design
R T Post
R C Post
Randomized pretest-posttest control group design

R Pre T Post
R Pre C Post
Matched Subject Design
• A matched subject design uses separate experimental groups for each
particular treatment, but relies upon matching every subject in one group
with an equivalent in another.
• The two groups of participants are matched as closely together as
possible, making equivalent groups. For example, if researchers were
trying out a form of weight loss drug, the participants would need to be
matched to make sure they were all the same weight, height, build and
had similar diets.
Factorial Design
• Factorial design is an experiment that has multiple factors or independent
variables. It requires a minimum of two independent variables, whereas a basic
experiment only requires one independent variable.
• Simultaneously determine effects of 2 or more factors on the DV.
Do differing exercise regimens (hi, med, lo intensity)
have the same effect on men as they do on women?

• 3 X 2 (Exercise Regimen X Gender)


– 2 factors
– Exercise Regimen – 3 levels
– Gender – 2 levels
Gender
Male Female
High
Exercise
Intensity

Medium
Low
Psychological Instruments/Tests
TAT
• The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective technique consisting of a
series of pictures.
• The examinee is requested to create a story about what he or she believes is
occurring in the situations or events depicted by the pictures.
• Special value resides in its power to expose underlying inhibited tendencies which
the subject is not willing to admit, or cannot admit because he is unconscious of
them”
• The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT): 30 grayscale pictures + one blank for
elicitation of stories – each contain a dramatic event or critical situation
• Most subjects see 10-12 cards, over two sessions
• Based on Murray's (1938) theory of 28 social needs (sex, affiliation, dominance,
achievement, attitudes etc.)

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