Helps students understand and apply the principles and methods of experimentation. This book covers the forms of scientific research, variables in research designs, research ethics, experimental control, experimental design, sampling, and hypothesis testing and statistical significance.
The Concise Handbook of Experimental Methods for the Behavioral and Biological Sciences is based on a popular course taught by the author for more than two decades to assist advanced undergraduate and graduate students in understanding and applying the principles and methods of experimentation. It presents comprehensive information in a concise, outline format, making it extremely user-friendly. It covers the forms of scientific research, variables in research designs, research ethics, experimental control, experimental design, sampling, and hypothesis testing and statistical significance. Using its illustrations, extensive appendices, and detailed index, readers will quickly acquire the techniques to conduct, interpret, and evaluate research, then clearly communicate research findings.
"This is an interesting book on the 'big picture' of experiments, written by a psychology professor from the University of West Florida. . . This would be a good book to include in a list of additional reading for a graduate or undergraduate statistical consulting course. It would help students gain an appreciation of how the entire process of experimentation is viewed by practitioners, and to focus on the role of statisticians in date collection and analysis."
-Christine M. Anderson-Cook, Virginia Tech
"?beautifully written? The purpose is to provide a vast amount of experimental research knowledge to the reader in a concise, easy-to-read, easy-to-use, yet thorough format. Moreover, the outline format is a tremendously ingenious way of presenting this material. The author undoubtedly has achieved his objectives. ?This book was a pleasure to read and review and will be of value - to me in particular. I see this book being the core text for research methodology courses as well as a solid text for researchers in the field. I recommend this book without reservation."
- Nicholas Greco IV, M.S., Abbott Laboratories, in Divine, Inc. (formerly Doody Publishing)
