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9780534602550

Doing Psychology Experiments (with InfoTrac)

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    9780534602550

  • ISBN10:

    053460255X

  • Edition: 6th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-06-27
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

1. How to Make Orderly Observations. 2. How to Do Experiments. 3. How to Get An Experimental Idea. 4. How to Be Fair with Participants. 5. How to be Fair with Science. 6. How to Find Out What Has Been Done. 7. How to Decide Which Variables to Manipulate and Measure. 8. How to Decide on a Between-Subjects Versus Within-Subject Design. 9. How to Plan Single-Variable, Multiple-Variable, and Converging Series Experiments. 10. How to Design Non-Traditional Research. 11. How to Tell When You Are Ready to Begin. 12. How to Interpret Experimental Results. 13. How to Report Experimental Results. Appendix A: How to Do Basic Statistics. Appendix B: Statistical Tables. Appendix C: Table of Random Numbers.

Table of Contents

ONE How to Make Orderly Observations 1(25)
Psychology as a Science
3(2)
Quantitative Designs
5(9)
Qualitative Designs
14(5)
Quantitative versus Qualitative Designs
19(1)
Using Methods in Combination
20(3)
Summary
23(2)
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25(1)
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25(1)
TWO How to Do Experiments 26(17)
Variables
26(7)
Threats to Internal Validity
33(5)
Summary of the Experimental Method
38(3)
Summary
41(1)
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42(1)
Web Resources
42(1)
THREE How to Get an Experimental Idea 43(27)
Fearing Experimental Ideas
44(3)
Observation
47(5)
Vicarious Observation
52(2)
Expanding on Your Own Research
54(1)
Using Theory to Get Ideas
55(12)
Importance of Psychological Research
67(1)
Summary
68(1)
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69(1)
Web Resources
69(1)
FOUR How to Be Fair with Participants 70(28)
Treating Human Participants Fairly
71(18)
Treating Animals Fairly
89(7)
Summary
96(1)
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97(1)
Web Resources
97(1)
FIVE How to Be Fair with Science 98(14)
Dirty Tricks
99(6)
Questionable Tricks
105(4)
Neat Tricks
109(2)
Summary
111(1)
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111(1)
SIX How to Find Out What Has Been Done 112(20)
Why Search the Literature?
112(2)
The Timeliness of Sources
114(2)
Formal Sources
116(12)
Informal Sources
128(2)
Summary
130(1)
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131(1)
Web Resources
131(1)
SEVEN How to Decide Which Variables to Manipulate and Measure 132(18)
Choosing an Independent Variable
132(5)
Choosing a Dependent Variable
137(11)
Summary
148(1)
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148(1)
Web Resources
149(1)
EIGHT How to Decide on a Between-Subjects versus Within-Subject Design 150(24)
Between-Subjects Experiments
152(2)
Within-Subject Experiments
154(15)
Matching
169(3)
Summary
172(1)
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173(1)
Web Resources
173(1)
NINE How to Plan Single-Variable, Multiple-Variable, and Converging-Series Experiments 174(22)
Single-Variable Experiments
174(8)
Factorial Designs
182(7)
Converging-Series Designs
189(4)
Summary
193(2)
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195(1)
TEN How to Design Research That Is Not Experimental 196(35)
Quasi-Experiments (and Nonexperimental Designs)
196(11)
Single-Subject and Small-N Baseline Designs
207(8)
Survey Research
215(11)
Summary
226(3)
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229(1)
Web Resources
230(1)
ELEVEN How to Tell When You Are Ready to Begin 231(14)
The Have-a-Nice-Day Society
232(1)
Questions before You Begin
233(10)
Summary
243(1)
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244(1)
Web Resources
244(1)
TWELVE How to Interpret Experimental Results 245(26)
Plotting Frequency Distributions
246(3)
Statistics for Describing Distributions
249(4)
Plotting Relationships between Variables
253(3)
Describing the Strength of a Relationship
256(2)
Interpreting Results from Factorial Experiments
258(4)
Inferential Statistics
262(4)
Meta-Analysis
266(1)
Using Computers to Help Interpret Results
267(1)
Summary
268(2)
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270(1)
THIRTEEN How to Report Experimental Results 271(40)
How APA Style Differs from Other Writing
273(3)
Parts of a Report
276(8)
Reducing Language Bias
284(2)
Writing Style
286(2)
A Sample Report
288(15)
Presentations at Conferences
303(6)
Summary
309(1)
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310(1)
Web Resources
310(1)
EPILOGUE 311(2)
APPENDIX A
How to Do Basic Statistics
313(16)
APPENDIX B
Statistical Tables
329(12)
APPENDIX C
Table of Random Numbers
341(2)
GLOSSARY 343(12)
REFERENCES 355(8)
INDEX 363

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