Suggest an alternative experimental design to assess the effect ...

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Suggest an alternative experimental design to assess the effect of culture on middle childhood physical development. Include a description of the sample, the experimental or field setting, and the independent and dependent variables. Why is this design appropriate to answer your research question?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Suggest an experimental design to assess the effect of an aggressive peer model on an aspect of a school-age child's social development. Include a description of the sample, the experimental or field setting, and the independent and dependent variables. Why is this design appropriate to answer your research question?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[chevyboi1976]

Answer to Question 1

The design may describe a natural experiment, pre-post design, or time-series design. Justification should include an awareness of why an alternative experimental design may be better suited to developmental research than a true experiment.

Answer to Question 2

The experimental design should include random sampling, an experimental treatment or control group, and manipulated variables. The response may include a diagram. Justification should include an awareness of cause and effect in experimental design.