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Experiment conducted outside the laboratory

Field experiments are experiments carried out outside of laboratory settings. They are different from others in that they are conducted in real-world settings often unobtrusively and control not only the subject pool but selection and overtness, as defined by leaders such as John A. List. This is in contrast to laboratory experiments, which enforce scientific control by testing a hypothesis in the artificial and highly controlled setting of a laboratory. Field experiments have some contextual differences as well from naturally occurring experiments and quasi-experiments. While naturally occurring experiments rely on an external force controlling the randomization treatment assignment and implementation, field experiments require researchers to retain control over randomization and implementation. Quasi-experiments occur when treatments are administered as-if randomly. Wikipedia →

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