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EXPERIMENTAL & Non-Experimental Research

Experimental research involves manipulating a predictor variable in a controlled lab setting to identify cause-and-effect relationships, with one group experiencing the manipulation and another serving as a control. Non-experimental research cannot manipulate variables and instead relies on interpretation, observation, or interactions to draw conclusions, using correlations, surveys or case studies rather than demonstrating causation but having high external validity.

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EXPERIMENTAL & Non-Experimental Research

Experimental research involves manipulating a predictor variable in a controlled lab setting to identify cause-and-effect relationships, with one group experiencing the manipulation and another serving as a control. Non-experimental research cannot manipulate variables and instead relies on interpretation, observation, or interactions to draw conclusions, using correlations, surveys or case studies rather than demonstrating causation but having high external validity.

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One of the broad way to categorize research designs is to divide them into

experimental and non-experimental research.

Experimental research is when a researcher is able to manipulate the predictor


variable and subjects to identify a cause-and-effect relationship. This typically
requires the research to be conducted in a lab, with one group being placed in
an experimental group, or the ones being manipulated, while the other is placed
in a placebo group, or inert condition or non-manipulated group. A laboratory-
based experiment gives a high level of control and reliability.

Non-experimental research is the label given to a study when a researcher


cannot control, manipulate or alter the predictor variable or subjects, but instead,
relies on interpretation, observation or interactions to come to a conclusion.
Typically, this means the non-experimental researcher must rely on correlations,
surveys or case studies, and cannot demonstrate a true cause-and-effect
relationship. Non-experimental research tends to have a high level of external
validity, meaning it can be generalized to a larger population.

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