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Studying this chapter should enable you to:
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Explain what is meant by the term "causal-comparative research." |
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Describe briefly how causal comparative research is both similar to, yet different from both correlational and experimental research. |
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Identify and describe briefly the steps involved in conducting a causal-comparative study. |
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Draw a diagram of a design for a causal-comparative study. |
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Describe how data are collected in causal-comparative research. |
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Describe some of the threats to internal validity that exist in causal-comparative studies and discuss how to control for these threats. |
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Recognize a causal-comparative study when you come across one in the educational research literature. |