Beschreibung:
How to Design and Report Experiments is the perfect textbook and guide to the often bewildering world of experimental design and statistics. It provides a complete map of the entire process beginning with how to get ideas about research, how to refine your research question and the actual design of the experiment, leading on to statistical procedure and assistance with writing up of results.
PART ONE: DESIGNING AN EXPERIMENTBefore You BeginPlanning an ExperimentExperimental DesignsPART TWO: ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING DATADescriptive StatisticsInferential StatisticsParametric TestsNon-Parametric TestsChoosing a Statistical TestPART THREE: WRITING UP YOUR RESEARCHA Quick Guide to Writing a Psychology Lab-ReportGeneral Points When Writing a ReportAnswering the Question 'Why?' The Introduction SectionAnswering the Question 'How?' The Method SectionAnswering the Question 'What Did I Find?' The Results SectionAnswering the Question 'So What?' The Discussion SectionTitle, Abstract, Reference and FormattingExample of an Experimental Write-up