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Experimental(Whatisthecause?) atleastonevariableismanipulatedanditseffectsaremeasured subjectsrandomlyassignedtoexperimentaltreatmentandcontrolgroups whoaretreatedthe sameexceptforthetreatmentvariabledeterminescauseandeffect (whenintactgroupsareusedit'scalledquasiexperimental) Expostfacto/Causalcomparative(Whatwasthepossiblecause?) identifiesaneffectthathasalreadyoccurredandattemptstoinfercause atreatmentvariable(allegedcause)isidentified(butnotmanipulated)and effectsaremeasured groupsexposedtothetreatmentvariablearecomparedtogroupswhoare not identificationofcausecanbecalledintoquestionbecausegroupswerenot randomlyassignedandotherextraneousvariableswerenotcontrolled QUALITATIVERESEARCH Historical(Whatwasthesituation?) descriptionofpastevents,problems,issues,facts
datagatheredfromwrittenororaldescriptionsofpastevents,artifacts,etc. describeswhatwasinanattempttoreconstructthepast involvesmuchinterpretationofeventsanditsinfluenceonthepresent Ethnographic(Whatisthecurrentsituation?) indepthanalyticaldescriptionofeducationalsystems,processes,and phenomenawithinaspecificcontextbasedondetailedobservationsand interviews detailedexaminationofasinglegroup,individual,situation,orsiteiscalled acasestudy 1__