Look up: Quasi-experiment

1. quasi experiment
   quasi experiment, quasi-experimental 1. A study that has most of the trappings of an experiment, but which is unable to control potential factors, or perhaps is not guided by an idea of what all the factors are. 2. Similar to true experiments in that there are subjects, treatment, etc.; but it uses...
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2. Quasi-experiment
   A quasi experiment takes place in a field setting but the independent variable is already in place. The experimenter thus manipulates nothing. He or she measures the dependent variable nonetheless. An example of a quasi experiment would be trying to establish a cause-effect relationship between spee...
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3. Quasi-experiment
   A type of experimental design where random assignment to groups is not employed for either ethical or practical reasons, but certain methods of control are employed and the independent variable is manipulated
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4. Quasi-experiment
   A `quasi-experiment` is an observational study in which the subjects to be observed are not randomly assigned to different groups in order to measure outcomes, as in a title=New Palgrave|The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics|editor1-first=Steven N.|editor1-last=Durlauf|editor2-l...
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