Experimental Psychology (with InfoTrac)

by Myers, Anne; Hansen, Christine H.

• ISBN13: 9780534560089
• ISBN10: 0534560083
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-12
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Focusing on experimental methods, authors Anne Myers and Christine Hansen lead students step-by-step through the entire research process, from generating testable hypotheses to writing the research report. The major sections of the book parallel the major sections of the research report (Introduction, Method, Results, and Discussion), giving students the skills they'll need to design and conduct an experiment, analyze and interpret the research findings, and report those findings. Although the main focus is on experimentation, alternative approaches are discussed as important complements.

Table of Contents

PART ONE INTRODUCTION	1	(140)
Experimental Psychology and the Scientific Method	2	(25)
Research Ethics	27	(26)
Alternatives to Experimentation: Nonexperimental Designs	53	(34)
Alternatives to Experimentation: Correlational and Quasi-Experimental Designs	87	(30)
Formulating the Hypothesis	117	(24)
PART TWO METHOD	141	(178)
The Basics of Experimentation	142	(44)
Solving Problems: Controlling Extraneous Variables	186	(26)
Basic Between-Subjects Designs	212	(32)
Between-Subjects Factorial Designs	244	(23)
Within-Subjects Designs	267	(30)
Within-Subjects Designs: Small N	297	(22)
PART THREE RESULTS: COPING WITH DATA	319	(108)
Why We Need Statistics	320	(39)
Analyzing Results: Two Group Examples	359	(28)
Analyzing Results: Multiple-Groups and Factorial Experiments	387	(40)
PART FOUR DISCUSSION	427	(104)
Drawing Conclusions: The Search for the Elusive Bottom Line	428	(25)
Writing the Research Report	453	(78)
APPENDICES
A Computational Formulas	489	(6)
B Statistical Tables	495	(10)
C A Journal Article in Manuscript Form	505	(26)
Glossary	531	(14)
References	545	(10)
Index	555