Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design: Advantages
Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design: Advantages
Design.
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
There could be a testing effect, which means that the pretest measurement could
influence the posttest results.
Due to random assignment, the design implies that groups are equivalent.
There can be a threat to internal validity
Does not allow for confidence in generalizing results as pretests are not given in the real
world
Example:
An experiment if you wanted to see if a new approach of teaching math was effective.
Advantages:
Frequently used
Where randomization is not possible, this design is preferred
Can compare scores before and after a treatment in a group that receives the treatment
and in a group that does not.
Disadvantages:
The researcher did not use the random assignment procedure to control group
assignment. As a result, prior to the study, the groups may differ. When the groups have
different characteristics,
Susceptible to the threat of selection differences, assessment bias occurs.
It is particularly vulnerable to selection's threat to internal validity.
Example:
For example, a fourth grade teacher who wants to evaluate a new method of teaching fractions.
Conducting a study with a treatment group of one class of fourth-grade students and a control
group of another class of fourth-grade students is one option. Because the students are not
randomly assigned to classes by the researcher, this is a nonequivalent group’s design, which
means there could be significant differences between them.
In Non-Equivalent Groups Design, intact groups that are thought to be similar to the treatment
and control groups are frequently used. We strive to choose groups that are as similar as feasible
so that we may compare the treatment and control groups objectively. However, there's no way
of knowing if the groups are equivalent. Or, to put it another way, the two groups are unlikely to
be as comparable if they were assigned by a random lottery. Because it is often the case that the
groups are not equivalent, this design was given the name nonequivalent groups to serve as a
reminder.