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Why Is the One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design Still Used?

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CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH
Volume 25, Issue 5, Pages 467-472

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1054773816666280

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experimental design; causality; graduate education

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The one-group pretest-posttest pre-experimental design has been widely criticized, yet continues to be used in some clinical nursing research studies. This editorial explains what is wrong with the design, suggests reasons for its continued use, and gives some recommendations regarding what can be done about it.

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