Question

Difference between experimental and quasi experimental

Answer 1

Answer:

In a true experiment, participants are randomly assigned to either the treatment or the control group, whereas they are not assigned randomly in a quasi-experiment. ... Quasi-experimental research designs do not randomly assign participants to treatment or control groups for comparison....

Answer 2

Below are the differences between Experiment and Quasi-experimental-

Experiment/ True-Experiment:

• It emphasizes internal validity.
• Experimental research is used in assessing factors like cause & effect.
• Gets conducted in an artificial environment.
• The participants are randomly assigned to equivalent groups.
• There is total control over the study procedure and manipulation of the independent variables is possible.

Quasi-experiment:

• It emphasizes external validity.
• Experimental research is used in assessing factors that occur naturally or in real-time.
• Gets conducted in a relatively natural environment.
• The participants are assigned to non-equivalent groups.
• There isn't total control over the study procedure and manipulation of the independent variables may not be possible.

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