Discussion:
Program Design and Evaluation - Quasi-Experimental Designs
Evaluator's Toolbox: Quasi-Experimental Designs.
Quasi-experimental designs are excellent research designs to use in evaluative research such as program evaluation. The director of training at GlobalEd would like to complete a study using a quasi-experimental design and needs your help. His hypothesis is as follows: Multicultural training will increase instructor's understanding of how culture can contribute to an appearance of a behavior problem. Your Acme Corporation Behavioral Health supervisor thought that a pretest/post test quasi-experimental design would be ideal to test his hypothesis. In this discussion, we will talk about the process the training director should use to complete his study.
What are some of the steps for completing this quasi-experimental study?
When responding to other Acme Corporation Behavioral Health interns comment on the order of the steps as well as if you agree or disagree. By the end of the discussion, there should be a clear picture of what the director should do, step by step.