RES 7302 Applied Research I

Description

Week 5 – Discussion Forum 1

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

In last week’s discussion, you compared descriptive quantitative research designs. This week you will look at experimental designs. There are four main quantitative experimental research designs, which all serve specific research purposes. The four experimental research designs include 1) pre-experimental, 2) true experimental, 3) quasi-experimental, and 4) ex post facto. You will find similarities and differences among the four research designs, as well as determine which research design may be suitable for your selected topic. As you learn about the four experimental research designs, think about how you could potentially use one or more of these research designs to conduct your own study based on your selected topic from Week 1.

Prior to beginning work on this discussion,

• Read Chapter 7 of the textbook.
• Watch Research Methods: Experimental Design links to an external site..