Experimental Psychology

by Myers, Anne; Hansen, Christine H.

• ISBN13: 9780534167585
• ISBN10: 0534167586
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-09-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Experimental Psychology and the Scientific Method	p. 2
Alternatives to Experimentation	p. 24
Formulating the Hypothesis	p. 54
Method	p. 77
The Basics of Experimentation	p. 78
Research Ethics	p. 118
Basic Experimental Designs (Between-Subjects Designs)	p. 143
Experiments with More Than Two Groups	p. 175
Within-Subjects Designs	p. 201
Controlling Extraneous Variables: Physical Variables	p. 223
Controlling Extraneous Variables: Personality and Social Variables	p. 245
Results: Coping with Data	p. 273
Why We Need Statistics	p. 274
Analyzing Results: Two-Group Examples	p. 301
Analyzing Results: Multiple-Group and Factorial Experiments	p. 328
Discussion	p. 363
Drawing Conclusions: The Search for the Elusive Bottom Line	p. 364
Writing the Research Report	p. 391
Appendix A Computational Formulas	p. 427
Appendix B Statistical Tables	p. 432
Appendix C A Journal Article in Manuscript Form	p. 441
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