Why Do Researchers Choose to Use Quasi-Experimental Designs

question 151

Multiple Choice

Why do researchers choose to use quasi-experimental designs?

• A) Random assignment may not be possible when studying participants from certain groups.
• B) Random assignment may not be possible because of expense or time difficulties.
• C) Random assignment may not be ethical in some situations.
• D) All of the above.

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Definitions:

Environmental Conditions

The various physical and social conditions that surround and influence individuals or organisms.

Conscious Free Choice

The concept that individuals have the ability to make voluntary decisions and choose their actions freely, uninfluenced by external constraints.

Psychic Determinism

The psychoanalytic concept that all mental processes are not spontaneous but are determined by the unconscious or pre-existing mental complexes.

Mental Causality

The concept that thoughts, beliefs, and mental states can cause events in the physical world, including actions and behaviors.