Meanings
adjectivepostobservation (not comparable)
- not comparableAfter observation.
nounpostobservation (plural postobservations)
plural postobservations
- An observation or assessment made after an experimental intervention or procedure.
These designs offer significant improvement over the pretest-posttest design because with a series of preobservations and postobservations, patterns of stability and change can be assessed more accurately.
2001, James H. McMillan, Sally Schumacher, Research in Education: A Conceptual Introduction, →ISBN, page 344
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