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Experiments that are conducted outside the labo- ratory are likely to differ in a number of signifi...

• Quasi-experiments provide an important alternative when true experiments are not possible. • Quasi-experiments lack the deg...

Characteristics of True Experiments • In true experiments, researchers manipulate an independent variable with treatment and comparis...

• In the ABAB design, baseline (A) and treatment (B) stages are alternated to determine the effect of treatment on behavior. • Resear...

• In applied behavioral analysis, the methods developed within the experimental analysis of behavior are applied to socially relevant...