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
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.
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". $\endgroup$ – Louis Thibault Jun 27 '14 at 14:52