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The Conflict between Random Assignment and Treatment Preference: Implications for Internal Validity.
Peer reviewedCorrigan, Patrick W.; Salzer, Mark S. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2003
Agrees with the power of randomized clinical trials, but makes the case that random assignment raises other, unanticipated threats to internal validity as a result of failing to consider treatment preference in research participant behavior. Reviews benefits and limitations of research strategies that augment randomization while respecting…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Participation, Research Methodology, Research Problems
Peer reviewedOrford, Jim – Psychological Review, 1986
This article critically examines the evidence for interpersonal complementarity according to four recent theories. The only prediction found to be regularly supported is that friendly-dominant and friendly-submissive behaviors are complementary. A repeated finding is that hostile-dominant acts are frequently responded to with further…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Hostility
