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What is an Experiment?
An experiment is generally used to
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infer a causality. In an experiment, a researcher actively manipulates one or more causal variables and measures their effects on the dependent variable of interest.
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are also known as explanatory variables or treatments. The levels of these variables are manipulated (changed) by researchers to measure their effect on the dependent variable. Test units: Test units are those entities on which treatments are applied. Dependent variables: These variables measures the effect of treatments (independent variable) on the test units.
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researcher manipulates one or more independent variables and measures their effect on the dependent variables while controlling the effect of the extraneous variables. Extraneous variables: These are the variables other than the independent variables which influence the response of test units to treatments.
Examples: Store size, government policies, temperature, food intake, geographical location, etc.
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Validity in Experimentation
Internal validity: Internal validity tries to examine
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whether the observed effect on a dependent variable is actually caused by the treatments (independent variables) in question. External validity: External validity refers to the generalization of the results of an experiment. The concern is whether the result of an experiment can be generalized beyond the experimental situations.
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Instrumentation
Statistical regression Selection bias
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different from the environment of the real world where these results are to be generalized. Population used for experimentation of the test may not be similar to the population where the results of the experiments are to be applied. Results obtained in a 56 week test may not hold in an application of 12 months. Treatment at the time of the test may be different from the treatment of the real world.
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Environment - In a laboratory experiment, the researcher conducts the experiment in an artificial environment constructed exclusively for the experiment.
conducted in actual market conditions. There is no attempt to change the real-life nature of the environment.
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Pre-experimental design
Pre-experimental designs do not make use of any randomization procedures to control the extraneous variables. Therefore, the internal validity of such designs is questionable.
One-shot case study:
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O1 X O2
Static group comparison:
Group 1 - X O1 Group 2 O2
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Quasi-experimental designs
In quasi-experimental design, the researcher can control when measurements are taken and on whom they are taken. However, this design lacks complete control of scheduling of treatment and also lacks the ability to randomize test units exposure to treatments.
Time series design:
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O 1 O2 O3 O4 X O 5 O6 O7 O8
Contd..
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Multiple time series design:
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Experimental Group: O1 O2 O3 O4 X O5 O6 O7 O8
Control Group:
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O5 O6 O7 O8
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O1 O2
R R R R
O1 O3
O2 O4 X O5 O6
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Statistical designs
Statistical designs allow for statistical control and analysis of external variables.
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Completely randomized design Randomized block design Latin square design Factorial design
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