TY - BOOK AU - Myers,Anne AU - Hansen,Christine H. TI - Experimental psychology SN - 0534560083 SN - 978053456 AV - BF181 .M94 PY - 2002/// CY - Pacific Grove (CA) : PB - Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, cop. KW - Psychology, Experimental N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1. Introduction -- Experimental psychology and the scientific method -- Research ethics -- Alternatives to experimentation: nonexperimental designs -- Alternatives to experimentation: surveys and interviews -- Alternatives to experimentation: correlational and Quasi-experimental designs -- Formulating the hypothesis -- Part 2. Method -- The basics of experimentation -- Solving problems: controlling extraneous variables -- Basic between-subjects designs -- Between-subjects factorial designs -- Within-subjects designs -- Within-subjects designs: small N -- Part 3. Results: coping with data -- Why we need statistics -- Analyzing results -- Part 4. Discussion -- Drawing conclusions: the search for the elusive bottom line -- Writing the research report -- Appendixes -- A. Computational formulas -- B. Statistical tables -- C.A journal article in manuscript form ER -