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Experimental Research. Keith Carrington Valerie Nash Keith Nerby Kathleen Olewinski Tanya Wojciechowicz. ED 740, November 2010. Experimental Research. Purpose : to test cause-and-effect relationships between variables. Experimental Research Groups.
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Experimental Research Keith Carrington Valerie Nash Keith Nerby Kathleen Olewinski Tanya Wojciechowicz ED 740, November 2010
Experimental Research Purpose: to test cause-and-effect relationships between variables
Experimental Research Groups Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2010). Practical research. Upper Saddle, NJ: Pearson Education.
Group 1 diet pill Group 2 placebo Experimental Group: receives the treatment or is experimented on Control Group: receives NO treatment; NOT experimented on
Group 1 Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) Group 2 Reading strategy Experimental Group: receives the treatment or is experimented on Control Group: receives NO treatment; NOT experimented on
Types of Variables Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2010). Practical research. Upper Saddle, NJ: Pearson Education.
Group 1 diet pill Group 2 placebo Independent variable: the item the researcher changed between the groups (often it is the treatment) Dependent variable: variable thought to be influenced by the independent variable (is measured or observed) Confounding variable: ways the groups might be different in addition to the independent variable
Group 2 Reading strategy Group 1 SSR Independent variable: the item the researcher changed between the groups (often it is the treatment) Dependent variable: variable thought to be influenced by the independent variable (is measured or observed) Confounding variable: ways the groups might be different in addition to the independent variable
Leedy, Table 10.1 (pp. 243-245) Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2010). Practical research. Upper Saddle, NJ: Pearson Education.
Types of Experimental Design 1. Pre-Experimental Design: “forming a tentative hypothesis that should be followed up with more controlled studies” (p. 229)2. True Experimental Design:administering different treatments to a single group3. Quasi-Experimental Design: considers the variables that researchers are unable to control and cannot rule out as alternative explanations for results Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2010). Practical research. Upper Saddle, NJ: Pearson Education.
Ex-Post-Facto Design “after the fact” Purpose:to determine if causality exists How:the researcher “studies the possible effect of an environmental factor that has occurred prior to the study itself” (p. 228) Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2010). Practical research. Upper Saddle, NJ: Pearson Education.
Meta-Analysis Combines the results of several studies
Experimental Research Issues • Ethics and Integrity • Responsible Conduct • Informed Consent (e.g., Harmon, 2010) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/weekinreview/25harmon.html?_r=1 • Human Subjects/ Research Participants • Conflict of Interest • Research Abuses • IRB Approval* • Publication/Peer Review • Collaborative Research Cardinal Stritch University. (2010). Institutional review board. Retrieved from http://www.stritch.edu/irb.aspx
Heart Monitor Experiment • Research Question:Do squat jumps change instantaneous heart rate? • Establish and record your resting heart rate using the monitor. • If you are in the BLUE group, please remain seated without moving as much as possible. If you are in the ORANGE group, please do as many squat jumps as fast as possible in the time given. • Establish and record your heart • rate using the monitor.
Please identify the following from the heart rate monitor activity. • Experimental Group - receives the treatment or is experimented on • Control Group - receives NO treatment; NOT experimented on • Independent variable - the item the researcher changed between the groups (often it is the treatment) • Dependent variable - variable thought to be influenced by the independent variable (is measured or observed) • Confounding variable - ways the groups might be different in addition to the independent variable
References • Cardinal Stritch University. (2010). Institutional review board. Retrieved from http://www.stritch.edu/irb.aspx • Harmon, A. (2010, April 24). Where’d you go with my DNA? The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/ • 2010/04/25/weekinreview/25harmon.html?_r=1 • Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2010). Practical research: Planning and design (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.