2. What is quasi-experimental research method?
A method in social research where the groups for testing are
not picked at random but are pre-existing groups.
3. Characteristics
Taking an already existing group of people as a control group
for your experiment and picking a different group as a test
group for the same experiment.
5. Steps
1. Select research problem
2. Plan out your experiment
3. Conduct your experiment
4. analyze data
5. publish/present the results
6. Example
How Technology Can Help All Students Become More Grateful
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_technology_c
an_help_all_students_become_more_grateful
8. References
• Bhattacherjee, Anol, "Social Science Research:
Principles, Methods, and Practices" (2012).
Textbooks Collection. 3.
• Giacomo Bono, M. F. (2020, February 25). How
Technology Can Help All Students Become More
Grateful. Retrieved from Greater Good
Magazine:
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how
_technology_can_help_all_students_become_m
ore_grateful