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websites only. Please use in text citations and a reference page. Please answer each
question completely in paragraph form.
Read the article on The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment.
On the basis of your readings, address the following:
 This study is repeatedly refe
ed to as an "experiment." Briefly discuss the
elements of the various experimental and quasi-experimental designs. Which
design model best fits this study?
Answer:
A quasi-experimental design (QED) according to Trochim (2006), "is one
that looks a bit like an experimental design but lacks the key ingredient --
andom assignment." So, to make this much clearer, it is important to define
an experimental research design (ERD). According to Research Connections
(2013) an, "experiment is a study in which the researcher manipulates the
level of some independent variable and then measures the outcome.
Experiments are powerful techniques for evaluating cause-and-effect
elationships. Many researchers consider experiments the gold standard
against which all other research designs should be judged. Experiments are
conducted both in the laboratory and in real life situations." ERD is a 'true
experiment' wherein all important factors and variables are completely
controlled and participants or subjects are...

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Please don't use .edu, .com, .net, or .org websites. Use academic or government 
websites only. Please use in text citations and a reference page. Please answer each 
question completely in paragraph form.
Read the article on The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment.
On the basis of your readings, address the following:
 This study is repeatedly referred to as an "experiment." Briefly discuss the 
elements of the various experimental and quasi-experimental designs. Which 
design model best fits this study? 
Answer:
A quasi-experimental design (QED) according to Trochim (2006), "is one 
that looks a bit like an experimental design but lacks the key ingredient -- 
random assignment." So, to make this much clearer, it is important to define 
an experimental research design (ERD). According to Research Connections 
(2013) an, "experiment is a study in which the researcher manipulates the 
level of some independent variable and then measures the outcome. 
Experiments are powerful techniques for evaluating cause-and-effect 
relationships. Many researchers consider experiments the gold standard 
against which all other research designs should be judged. Experiments are 
conducted both in the laboratory and in real life situations.

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