Why is Within-Subjects Design Important?
- Efficient Resource Utilization: Within-subjects design maximizes efficiency by utilizing the same participants across all conditions, reducing the need for recruiting and managing multiple groups of participants.
- Reduced Individual Differences: By exposing the same participants to all conditions, within-subjects design minimizes variability due to individual differences, allowing for more precise comparisons between conditions.
- Enhanced Statistical Power: With participants serving as their control, within-subjects design increases statistical power by reducing error variance, enabling researchers to detect smaller effects and draw more robust conclusions
