experimental designs

Question 1

between subjects

Answer 1

• experiment has two groups (control and experimental group) which contains different people
• control group is expose to the IV whereas the experimental group is not exposed to the IV
  -simple

Question 2

within subjects

Answer 2

• each participants is in both the experimental and control groups, individual parcipants are thus controlled

Question 3

mixed design

Answer 3

• combines feature of both between and withing subject design
• has two or more separate groups of participants as well as change in individual members of each group over a period of time