Quasi-experiments are usually conducted in
Real-life settings
A quasi-experiment is a research design that resembles a true experiment in that it tests the effect of an independent variable, but it lacks random assignment of participants to groups; instead it typically uses pre-existing, intact groups.
Because random assignment and full control over extraneous variables (as in a laboratory) are not possible, quasi-experiments are usually carried out in natural, real-life settings such as schools, workplaces, or communities, where the researcher studies groups as they already exist.
Laboratory settings and simulated settings imply a high degree of researcher control and artificial conditions, which is characteristic of true experiments, not quasi-experiments.
'Manipulated field settings' overstates the degree of manipulation possible in a quasi-experiment, since the defining feature is precisely the absence of full manipulation/random assignment.
Therefore, quasi-experiments are usually conducted in Real-life settings.
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