Designing and Reporting Experiments in Psychology (Open Guides to Psychology) - Hardcover

Harris, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0335201474 ISBN 13: 9780335201471

Publisher: Open Univ Pr, 2002

Synopsis

Arguing that the elements of experiment design and reporting are inextricably linked, Harris (psychology, U. of Sheffield, UK) presents an introductory textbook on experimental design and reporting in psychology. First he presents information on writing reports, with separate chapters for each of a report's principle sections. The chapters on design discuss basic issues, significance testing in statistics, and effect size and power in statistics. The book is distributed in the US by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

Peter Harris is Senior Lecturer in psychology at the University of Sheffield. Previously, he has worked at the universities of Sussex (twice), Hertfordshire and Nottingham, and has been a visiting fellow at the universities of Amsterdam and Oxford. His principal research interests and journal publications are in social and health psychology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open Univ Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335201474
• ISBN 13: 9780335201471
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256