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March 18th 2025

experimental research

experimental research

research utilizing randomized assignment of participants to conditions and systematic manipulation of variables with the objective of drawing causal inference. It is generally conducted within a laboratory or other controlled environment, which in reducing the potential influence of extraneous factors increases internal validity but decreases external validity. Compare correlational research; field research; quasi-experimental research.