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Record Nr.

UNINA9910536823403321

Autore

Harris Peter (Peter R.)

Titolo

Designing and reporting experiments in psychology [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, England ; ; New York, : Open University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-44981-4

9786611449810

0-335-23548-4

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Collana

Open guides to psychology

Disciplina

150.724

Soggetti

Psychology - Experiments

Report writing

Psychometrics - Research - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: Buckingham: Open University Press, 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-280) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Contents of the Web site; Preface; Part 1: Writing reports; Chapter 1: Getting started; Chapter 2: The introduction section; Chapter 3: The method section; Chapter 4: The results section; Chapter 5: The discussion section; Chapter 6: The title and abstract; Chapter 7: references and appendices; Chapter 8: Producing the final version of the report; Part 2 Design and statistics; Chapter 9: Experiments, correlation and description; Chapter 10: Basic experimental design; Chapter 11: Statistics: significance testing

Chapter 12: Statistics: effect size and power Chapter 13: More advanced experimental design; Commentary; Recommended reading; Appendix 1: Confusing predictions from the null hypothesis with those from the experimental hypothesis; Appendix 2: Randomizing; Appendix 3: How to use tables of critical values of inferential statistics; Answers to SAQs; Answers to diagnostic questions; References; Index of concepts; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Helps undergraduate psychology students to write practical reports of experimental and other quantitative studies in psychology. This book is



designed to help with various stages of the report writing process including what to put in each section and recommendations for formatting and style.