Experimental Designs
October 29, 2007

Assigned Readings
 DeVaus, Ch. 4, 5 & 6; Please note that the designs described on page 59, paragraphs 3 and 4 (starting with “Another form of natural experiment...”) and the retrospective design described on pages 60-61 are not true experiments. They are quasi-experiments. We will discuss them next week.

Rumrill, P.D., Jr. & Bellini, J.L. (1999) The logic of experimental design. J. Vocational Rehabilitation. 13, 65-70.

Greeno, C.G. (2001) The classical experimental design. Family Process 40(4), 495-499.

Krause, M.S. & Howard K.I. (2003) What random assignment does and does not do. Journal of Clinical Psychology 59(7), 751-766.

Recommended Readings
 Greeno, C.G. (2001) The skeleton: What underlies treatment research? Family Process 40(3), 361-363.

TenHave, T.R., Coyne, J., Salzer, M. & Katz, I. (2003) Research to improve the quality of care for depression: alternatives to the simple randomized clinical trial. General Hospital Psychiatry 25, 115-123.

Discussion Guide
 Experimental Designs Discussion Guide

Other Advance Preparation
 Statistics I suggest you bring this to class for the next several weeks. Also posted at home page for course

Experiments to Analyze Bring this to class with you this week and next week.

Assignment
 Assignment 7: Experiments & Quasi-Experiments
Research Reports
 Experimental Design Articles is a list of some articles that are about topics that you have indicated interest you. I have tried to select good articles, but I review these very quickly. Therefore, they may be somewhat weak in theory -- in which case you will need to figure out if there is a theoretical basis for the research. I may even have made a mistake in my hasty review and incorrectly identified the research design. So do not take this as a list of articles that are somehow "approved for review." I made the list to help you start your search of the literature, not to provide you with a short-cut to finding appropriate articles for review for the assignment.

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