We use a comparative longitudinal case study research design to compare the adoption and implementation of two policy domains by Dutch local governments: climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation.
People can't be randomly assigned to either drink or not, which is what would happen in an experimental design to compare (for example) the effectiveness of a new medicine.
Unless the mayor is empowered, and given a greater say in this multitude of poorly coordinated quangos, we shall never produce a sustainable policy or design to compare to the best abroad.
We used a crossover design to compare a diet change with a placebo supplement.
Experiment 1 used a within-subjects design to compare octolinear and curvilinear Paris Metro maps.
This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to compare the incumbency advantage enjoyed by freshmen and non-freshmen incumbents.
The study employed a pretest-posttest with between-subjects experimental design to compare the effects of two teaching strategies (treatments).
To answer this question we employed a quasi-experimental design to compare the daily experiences of parents and children accessing integrated TFD services versus families using traditional, separate kindergarten and child care services in demographically matched communities (Arimura & Corter, 2010).
Two studies (Conrad 1993) engaged participants who were trained in design as well as others who had no training in design to compare their responses, while another two studies explicitly selected only participants that were untrained (Scott 1993a, b).
This analysis used a case-crossover design to compare risks associated with each class of statin and fibrate.
We used a split-and-recombine design to compare behavioral and neurobiological Fos plume effects of GABA versus glutamate drug microinjections [23], [24], [25].
