Sociology 2206A/B Lecture Notes - Quasi, Random Assignment
16 Apr 2013
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When you want to prove causality you do an experiment, used for explanatory purposes. The easiest type of experiment is called the before/after experiment: one group of individuals, you give them a pretest and then a posttest. Applied social research- decides whether a particular policy or what its supposed to do; usually done by the government. Is the systematic acquisition and assessment of information to provide useful feedback about some object: evaluation phase= formulation of problem (statement of what the issue is); conceptualization of possible strategy; design , analysis,
