title: Why Is the One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design Still Used?
abstract: 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.
authors: University of Rochester, NY, USA The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA tknapp5@juno.com.
authors: Thomas R
authors: TR
authors: Knapp
mesh_terms: D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D015399:Nursing Research; D012107:Research Design
keywords: causality; experimental design; graduate education