\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nNatalya Kramarczyk<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPosted Date<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nApr 20, 2022, 8:08 PM<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nReplies to Wanda Felder<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nExperimental research studies is highly controlled research in which researcher manipulates one or more variables to determine effect on other variables (McNiff & Petrick, 2018). Experimental research design is often considered a gold-standard in research designs and more protected from bias and subjectivity compare to other research methods. It is widely used method in science, psychology, social studies and education. It is considered to have the most reliable outcomes and the most definite answers and less chance of bias IMcNiff & Pertick, 2018). Experimental research design is based on comparison of two or more groups where the participants are randomly selected and neither the participants nor the researcher would know if they were receiving the treatment or intervention or the placebo, which makes experimental research is a highly controlled and manipulated environment. In this quantitative research design, one or more independent variables are manipulated and applied to one or more dependent variables and the effect on the dependable variables is observed, measured and recorded, therefore it allows the researcher to draw a reasonable conclusion regarding cause -effect relationships between two variables types. This type of research is essential for nursing science which heavily relies on evidence best practice. Experimental studies are considered capable of generating substantial evidence (Gonella, Di Giulio, Palese, Dimonte, & Campagna,2019). For example, experimental study with nursing staff related to the knowledge about pressure ulcers was conducted among 71 nursing staff divided into intervention group and control group. Data was collected through validated questionnaire and the scores of the groups were analyzed before and after intervention concluded that educational interventions on staging, evaluation and prevention of pressure ulcers contributed significantly to the increase of correct responses score in the knowledge test of the intervention group and improved their knowledge on the subject (Baron, Reuter, Burgos, Cavali, Brandenburg & Krug, 2016).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nOn the other hand, in non-experimental research design the environment of the research cannot be controlled or manipulated by a researcher at will because it takes place in a real life settings, where extraneous variables cannot be eliminated. Therefore the relationships between cause and effects cannot be clearly established. Another term for this type of research is\u202f<\/span>observational<\/span><\/i>\u202fbecause the researcher observes natural occurrences without intervention (Glasofer & Townsend, 2019). Findings from non-experimental research is the first step in determining whether an experimental design is called for. For example, a researcher may want to study exercise habits among teenagers with type 2 diabetes.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIt can not be said that one method is better than the other. Each one is equally valid depending on what is going to be studied and \/ or on the perspective that the researcher wants to give to his\/her work. Both research designs are valuable for advancing nursing practice and nursing profession as a whole.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nReferences<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nBaron, M. V., Reuter, C. P., Burgos, M. S., Cavalli, V., Brandenburg, C., & Krug, S. B. (2016). Experimental study with nursing staff related to the knowledge about pressure ulcers.\u202f<\/span>Revista latino-americana de enfermagem<\/span><\/i>,\u202f<\/span>24<\/span><\/i>, e2831. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1590\/1518-8345.1134.2831<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nGlasofer, Amy DNP, RN, NE-BC; Townsend, Ann B. DrNP, RN, ANP-C, CNS-C Determining the level of evidence, Nursing Critical Care: November 2019 – Volume 14 – Issue 6 – p 22-25<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\ndoi: 10.1097\/01.CCN.0000580120.03118.1d\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nGonella, S., Di Giulio, P., Palese, A., Dimonte, V., & Campagna, S. (2019). Randomized Controlled Trials and Quasi-Experimental Studies Published in Nursing Journals: Findings From a Scoping Review With Implications for Further Research.\u202f<\/span>Worldviews on evidence-based nursing<\/span><\/i>,\u202f<\/span>16<\/span><\/i>(4), 299\u2013309. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/wvn.12370<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n