Solomon four-group design

The Solomon four-group design is a research method developed by Richard Solomon in 1949.[1] It is sometimes used in social science, psychology and medicine. It can be used if there are concerns that the treatment might be sensitized by the pre-test.[2] The four groups have four different experiences:

  1. Pre-test, treatment, post-test
  2. Pre-test, no treatment, post-test
  3. Treatment, post-test
  4. No treatment, post-test

The effectiveness of the treatment can be evaluated by comparisons between groups 1 and 3 and between groups 2 and 4.

Various statistical treatments for the Solomon four-group design have been put forward, including Stouffer's Z and Monte Carlo.[3][4]

References

  1. Navarro, Mario; Siegel, Jason T. (2018). "Solomon Four-Group Design". SAGE Publications. Retrieved 22 November 2019. The Solomon four-group design, developed by Richard Solomon in 1949, was devised to overcome the problem of pretest sensitization.
  2. Introduction to Research in Education by Donald Ary, Lucy Jacobs, Christine Sorensen
  3. Sawilowsky, Shlomo S.; Markman, Barry S. (1988). "Another Look At The Power Of Meta-Analysis In The Solomon Four-Group Design" (PDF). Education Resources Information Center. Retrieved 22 November 2019. This paper demonstrates that a meta-analysis technique applied to the Solomon Four-Group Design (SFGD) can fail to find significance even though an earlier 'weaker' test may have found significance.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Sawilowsky, Shlomo S.; Kelley, D. Lynn; Blair, R. Clifford; Markman, Barry S. (1994). "Meta-Analysis and the Solomon Four-Group Design". The Journal of Experimental Education. JSTOR. 62 (4): 361–376. doi:10.1080/00220973.1994.9944140. JSTOR 20152427. The present study is a Monte Carlo demonstration.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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