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Experimental Study: Design of Experiments

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An experimental study is a study relating to, based on, or having the nature of an experiment. Experiments are studies involving intervention by the researcher beyond that required for measurement. The usual intervention is to manipulate some variable in a setting and observe how it affects the subject being studied under conditions constructed and controlled by the researcher.

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van Aartsengel, A., Kurtoglu, S. (2013). Experimental Study: Design of Experiments. In: Handbook on Continuous Improvement Transformation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35901-9_15

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