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Research design: Experimental researchtest tubes

  • It is associated with natural sciences
  • It is regarded as the gold standard
  • It allows establishment of cause and effect
  • What about experimental design and social research?
    • It can be difficult to manipulate the variables of interest, for example, a socio-economic group
  • Consider the ethical issues

Classic experimental design

  • The researcher randomly allocates subjects to either an experimental or control group
  • Pre-test both
  • The experiment is performed on the experimental group
  • Post-test on both
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