Research design: Experimental research
- 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

PILOT - Research design by Learning from WOeRk, University of Plymouth modified by Marion Kelt, Glasgow Caledonian University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License