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SUMMARY:A New Approach to Campbell's Experimental Designs: From Research D
 esigns to Design Elements  - Jo Chih Soh
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CONTACT:Dr Nanna K L Kaalund
DESCRIPTION:This paper critiques the ways in which experimental and quasi-
 experimental research designs are represented as “standard templates” 
 in evaluation/research methods textbooks. This has implications for how so
 cial scientists and evaluators are taught and the number of possible resea
 rch designs that can be applied in programme evaluations. To move the fiel
 d forward\, it is proposed that we revisit the idea of “design elements
 ” introduced in Shadish\, Cook and Campbell (2002)’s seminal work. Giv
 en the complex context in which many social and educational programmes are
  situated\, new and innovative designs can be “constructed” from desig
 n elements. This allows the design of experiments and quasi-experiments to
  be “flexible enough so that some of them will be relevant for improving
  clausal claims in almost any research context” (Shadish\, Cook & Campbe
 ll\, 2002\,p.xviii). This paper demonstrates how most experimental and qua
 si-experimental research designs can be reduced to five design elements an
 d introduces a mnemonic to facilitate the design of experiments. 
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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