CRM 2303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Interrupted Time Series, Time Series, Homicide

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2303
• Professor: Miriam Levitt

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Selecting the sample is different for experimental and non-experimental designs: experimental design is a research design that assess the relationship between dependent and independent variables by utilizing a statistical comparison between groups, with one receiving the. For true experimental research, the subjects are randomly assigned to these two groups and then compared (pg. 157): quasi-experimental design is a research design with the ability to compare a group that receives the treatment (experiment) with one that does not control, there is no random selection to group membership, often called pre-experimental (pg. 157: the use of randomization in an experimental design helps eliminate many of the common threats to validity. Experimental research: an experiment has seven main parts: Independent variable: what is thought to cause change in an outcome variable. Ivs are hypothesised to influence the dependent variable (dv); as the iv increases or decreases so does the.