Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First Course

Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First Course is a concise and accessible introduction to the design of psychology experiments and the statistical tests used to make sense of their results. Written in a straightforward, effective style and making abundant use of charts, diagrams and figures, this book assumes no prior knowledge of statistics and will be of benefit to all students needing a clear pathway into this often confusing area.
The book introduces the main aspects of experimental design and statistics, including:

how to formulate precise hypotheses and design experiments aimed at testing them.
coverage of different aspects of experimental design.
descriptive and inferential statistical analysis of experimental data.
the difference between experimental and correlational studies.
detailed instructions on how to perform statistical tests with SPSS.
An invaluable step–by–step guide to all psychology students needing a firm grasp of the basics, Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First Course will also fire the imagination of more ambitious students by tackling some of the topic’s more complex, controversial issues.
This book is also supported by an online password protected lecturer resource site which features test questions, downloadable figures and tables, and sample SPSS data–sets. Visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/sani.

Spis treści:
Preface.
1. Scientific Psychology and the Research Process.
2. The Nature of Psychology Experiments (I): Variables and Conditions.
3. The Nature of Psychology Experiments (II): Validity.
4. Describing Data.
5. Making Inferences from Data.
6. Selecting a Statistical Test.
7. Tests of Significance for Nominal Data.
8. Tests of Significance for Ordinal Data (and Interval/Ratio Data When Parametric Assumptions Are Not Met).
9. Te sts of Significance for Interval Data.
10. Correlational Studies.
Appendix 1: Statistical Tables.
Glossary.
A Brief List of Recommended Books.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Fabio Sani is a reader in psychology at the University of Dundee, and has taught both research methods and social psychology courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is also an active researcher, has published numerous articles in high–impact international journals, and is co–editor of the book The Development of the Social Self (2003).
John Todman is Emeritus Professor in Applied Cognitive Psychology at the University of Dundee. He has enthusiastically taught combined research methodology and statistical analysis courses, and offered methodological and statistical advice to students and staff, for many years. He has also written over 70 articles and co–authored the book Single–case and Small–n Experimental Designs: A Practical Guide to Randomization Tests (2001).

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Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First Course is a concise and accessible introduction to the design of psychology experiments and the statistical tests used to make sense of their results. Written in a straightforward, effective style and making abundant use of charts, diagrams and figures, this book assumes no prior knowledge of statistics and will be of benefit to all students needing a clear pathway into this often confusing area.
The book introduces the main aspects of experimental design and statistics, including:

how to formulate precise hypotheses and design experiments aimed at testing them.
coverage of different aspects of experimental design.
descriptive and inferential statistical analysis of experimental data.
the difference between experimental and correlational studies.
detaile d instructions on how to perform statistical tests with SPSS.
An invaluable step–by–step guide to all psychology students needing a firm grasp of the basics, Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First Course will also fire the imagination of more ambitious students by tackling some of the topic’s more complex, controversial issues.
This book is also supported by an online password protected lecturer resource site which features test questions, downloadable figures and tables, and sample SPSS data–sets. Visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/sani.