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In a quasi-experimental design, the research substitutes statistical "controls" for the absence of
physical control of the experimental situation. The most common quasi-experimental design
is the Comparison Group Pre-test/Post-test Design. This design is the same as the classic
controlled experimental design except that the subjects cannot be randomly assigned to either
the experimental or the control group, or the researcher cannot control which group will get
the treatment. In other words, participants do not all have the same chance of being in the
control or the experimental groups, or of receiving or not receiving the treatment.