Chapter 10 – Quasi-Experimental Designs and Program Evaluation
Chapter 10
Quasi-Experimental Designs and Program Evaluation
1. (p. 305–306) Experiments in natural settings are likely to differ from laboratory experiments on
four critical dimensions: goals, control, external validity, and consequences. Briefly describe
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3. (p. 318) Why is the nonequivalent control group design superior to the one-group pretest-
posttest design in terms of controlling for threats to internal validity?
4. (p. 330–331) How does a time series design with nonequivalent control group differ from a
nonequivalent control group design? Identify a threat to internal validity that is controlled by
