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100 Questions (and Answers) About Action Research identifies and answers the essential questions on the process of systematically approaching your practice from an inquiry-oriented perspective, with a focus on improving that practice. This unique text offers progressive instructors an alternative to the research status quo and serves as a reference for readers to improve their practice as advocates for those they serve. The Question and Answer format makes this an ideal supplementary text for traditional research methods courses, and also a helpful guide for practitioners in education, social work, criminal justice, health, business, and other applied disciplines.
What Are Experimental Designs, and Are They Practical in Action Research?
What Are Experimental Designs, and Are They Practical in Action Research?
In a “true” or experimental design, participants are randomly assigned to treatment group(s) or control group(s). A “true” experimental design is very difficult to do in action research, because you will typically use a sample of convenience, the people you are working with. Randomization is great in research if you can do it. Imagine you have an experiment with two conditions: (a) the pill you developed and (b) a placebo, a pill that looks and tastes the same but is some inert compound. When you randomly assign participants to each group, you are virtually assured, if you have a large sample size, that the groups will be comparable in all ways. An easy ...
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