Sociology 2206A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Internal Validity, Hawthorne Effect, Random Assignment
18 Apr 2018
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Chapter #9: experimental researh: experimental research is the strongest predictor for testing causal relationships, [strength]: ability to demonstrate causation, experiments are generally better for micro level concerns/questions. Treatment = what the independent variable is called. Treatment independent variable: dependent variable/outcome ( o ) Conditions that change in response to a treatment: pre-test. Pre-test = the measurement of a dependent variable prior to the treatment: post-test. Post-test = the measurement of the dependent variable after the treatment: experimental group. Experimental group = the group that receives the treatment: control group. 2206: research methods for sociology: pre-experimental designs = experimental designs that lacks random. Assignment or use shortcuts and are much weaker than the classical experimental design. It has all of the parts of the classical design except a pre-test: interrupted time series design = an experimental design in which the dependent.
