We term pre-test as the data collection/measures before conducting an experiment and post-test is data collection/measures after the experiment. How do we term the process of data collection/measures during the experiment (such as physiological measures)? I am looking for a specific "term" to describe the "during-test" event.
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1$\begingroup$ "Test", perhaps? $\endgroup$ – Eoin Jun 26 '14 at 21:04
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$\begingroup$ About the only things I could find called them intermediary or ongoing assessment testing. $\endgroup$ – JohnP Jun 27 '14 at 21:42
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People use a wide range of language to describe measurement points in repeated measures design.
For example if you measured some dependent variable on multiple occasions you might have something like:
- baseline (B)
- treatment week 1 (T1)
- treatment week 2 (T2)
- post treatment (F0)
- six month follow up (F6)
- one year follow (F12)
Obviously such a design has aspects that are consistent with a pre-post test design, but it has more time points than just that. So my suggestion is to just have clear descriptive labels for the measurement points.
answered Jul 11 '14 at 6:19
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I believe the prefix you're looking for is per. In latin, pre means "in front of", per means "through" and post means behind.
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1$\begingroup$ A "per-test" eh? Ever seen that used? Google seems to think I am searching for "per test", as in, "One cookie per test only please." $\endgroup$ – Nick Stauner Jun 26 '14 at 20:03
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2$\begingroup$ I haven't heard "per-test" in the wild, but the linguistically speaking, the progression is "pre-per-post", so you could use it and it would make sense. Frankly, though, I'd just say "pre-test", "test" and "post-test". $\endgroup$ – blz Jun 27 '14 at 14:52
