May 2008
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
8h 39m
English
While traditional experimental research has been quite successfully applied in the natural sciences, time-series designs are considered more useful for many social scientists, including economists and applied behavior analysts (Brethower, 2006). By some accounts, a well-executed time-series design could be even more powerful than a classic experimental design (Brethower, 2006; Campbell, Stanley, & Gage, 1966).
A simple time series consists of the collection of quantitative observations at regular intervals through repeated measurements. Brethower (2006) summarizes four variations of this design:
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