Concise handbook of experimental methods for the behavioral and biological sciences. (©2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Experimental methods for the behavioral and biological sciences
• Further Information: Note: Jay E. Gould.
• Other Names: Gould, Jay E; Gould, Jay E
• Contents: Pt. I. Science : the philosophy and components. Philosophy of science -- the scientific approach to knowledge ; Forms of scientific observation and research ; Steps of the scientific method ; Variables in research designs ; Initial and final phases of research -- pt. II. Research ethics and experimental control. Ethics of research ; Control in experiments -- basic principles and some techniques ; Control in experiments -- additional techniques and principles -- pt. III. Design and analysis of experiments. Designs for experiments -- introduction and within-participants ; Designs for experiments -- between participants and multiple treatments ; Sampling and generalization ; Hypothesis testing and statistical significance -- Appendix 1 : Variables and relationships -- Appendix 2 : Reliability and validity -- Appendix 3 : Proposals and research reports -- Appendix 4 : Ethical principles -- Appendix 5 : Summary of extraneous variables and controls -- Appendix 6 : Experimental and quasi-experimental designs :category-subcategory relationships -- Appendix 7 : Schematic summary of designs : experimental, quasi-experimental, and pre-experimental -- Appendix 8 : Sampling and generalization : processes involved -- Appendix 9 : Normal distributions -- Appendix 10 : Hypothesis testing : outcomes and errors -- Appendix 11 : Sampling distributions : differences between pairs of means -- Appendix 12 : Type I and type II error probabilities : inverse relationship and power -- Appendix 13 : Increasing power by reducing overlap of sampling distributions -- Appendix 14 : Two-tailed versus one-tailed tests : effect on power -- Appendix 15 : Guide for selecting a statistical test as a function of the number of independent variables and the level of measurement.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Copyright Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (430 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 570.72; Life sciences -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Psychology -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Research -- methods; Behavioral Sciences -- methods; Biological Science Disciplines -- methods; Life sciences -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Psychology -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; NATURE -- Reference; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology; Experimenteel onderzoek; Handbooks; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420040863; 9781420040869
• Related ISBNs: 0849311047
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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