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| 3 Conditions for Causation |
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1. Concomitant variation
2. Time order of occurrence of variables
3. Absence of other possible causal factors |
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| randomly assigning test units to experimental and control groups; tries to control for the effect of extraneous variables |
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| Measure of accuracy; measures if the manipulation of the independent variables actually caused the effects on a dependent variable; the researcher must control extraneous variables to get this |
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| Whether the cause and effect relationships found remain the same and can be generalized to a larger population; threat is when the experiment is controlled in a artificial environment |
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| Limitations of Experimentation |
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Time-consuming
• Expensive
• Difficult to administer
• Contaminated
– Competitive sabotage! |
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