Designing and Reporting Experiments in Psychology

This book will help undergraduate psychology students to write practical reports of experimental and other quantitative studies in psychology. It is designed to help with every stage of the report writing process including what to put in each section and recommendations for formatting and style. It also discusses how to design a study, including how to use and report relevant statistics. As such, the book acts both as an introduction and reference source to be used throughout an undergraduate course.Website icons within the text reference an enhanced website, and 'Common Mistake' icons highlight common errors students should avoid. Statistics icons make reference to two key statistics books where students can find more detailed information. A further icon indicates the presence of relevant commentary at the end of the book for more advanced students. It features discussion of how to write up different forms of quantitative study and report relevant statistics. It offers improved self-testing. There are diagnostic questions (with answers at the end of the book) as well as fifty self-assessment questions within the text to aid student learning.Chapters in part two contain a list of methodological and statistical concepts covered that will help students to consolidate their knowledge. It includes a completely revised section on how to find and cite references plus current information on how to cite electronic references, incorporating the new APA guidelines. It offers advice on the ethics of conducting research on the Internet. The statistics books referenced are "SPSS Survival Manual 3/e" by Julie Pallant and "Learning to Use Statistical Tests in Psychology 3/e" by Judith Greene and Manuela d'Oliveira, both published by Open University Press. However, this book is designed for use with any statistics textbook.

ISBN 0335221785   Pages 308 ISBN13 9780335221783 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Open University Press   Weight (grammes) 548 Imprint Open University Press   Published in Milton Keynes Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780335201464 Publication date 01 Apr 2008   Height (mm) 225 Library of Congress BF200   Width (mm) 170 DEWEY 150.724   Spine width (mm) 17 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education

Pt. 1		Writing reports		1
1		Getting started		3
2		The INTRODUCTION section		20
3		The METHOD section		30
4		The RESULTS section		48
5		The DISCUSSION section		72
6		The TITLE and ABSTRACT		87
7		REFERENCES and APPENDICES		92
8		Producing the final version of the report		100
Pt. 2		Design and statistics		125
9		Experiments, correlation and description		127
10		Basic experimental design		148
11		Statistics: significance testing		178
12		Statistics: effect size and power		198
13		More advanced experimental design		211
		Commentary		240
		Recommended reading		248
App. 1		Confusing predictions from the null hypothesis with those from the experimental hypothesis		250
App. 2		Randomizing		252
App. 3		How to use tables of critical values of inferential statistics		256
		Answers to SAQs		260
		Answers to diagnostic questions		273
		References		279
		Index of concepts		281

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