quasi-experiments

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quasi-experiment

  • a study that is almost an experiment but lacks key ingredients

  • the IV has not been determined by anyone

  • the variables simply exist, e.g. being old or youg

  • not really an experiment

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control - strength

  • often carried out under controlled conditions and therefore share some strengths of a lab experiment

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confounding variables - limitation

  • cannot randomly allocate participants to conditions and therefore there may be confounding variables

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issues with IV - limitation

  • IV is not deliberately changes and therefore we cannot claim that the IV has caused observed change