Dear Tipsters and Annette, With regard to the second question:
I would argue that if a variable is propertly manipulated and other variables are kept constant then we have an experiment. If there is a second variable that is a subject variable, I would still say that the overall description stands. However, it is fair to say that I just taught my students that it would be quite acceptable to say that we have a study with one experimental factor and one nonexperimental factor! In fact, we wondered if we might have a special name for it. Just as a study with both between and within subjects factors is called "mixed" we probably need a name for a study that has both experimental and nonexperimental variables. I would certainly not call it a quasi experiment. Stuart Date sent: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:17:15 -0800 From: "Annette Taylor, Ph. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[email protected]> Subject: 2 research methods Qs Send reply to: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[email protected]> > Maybe I am going batty from reading confused papers--and maybe they know more > than I do. > > Is a reseach design ever, appropriately, named "cross-sectional" outside of > the developmental domain? > > If a study has a nonmanipulable variable, such as gender, or ability level, > is > it by definition a quasi-experiment, even if there is a manipulable variable, > with random assignment or repeated measures on that second variable? > > Annette > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Department of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: (819)822-9600 Chairperson, Extension 2402 Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, Fax: (819)822-9661 3 Route 108 East, Borough of Lennoxville, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sherbrooke, Quebec J1M 1Z7, Canada. Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
