Experimental psychology

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. Compuational formulas

B. Statistical tables

C. A journal article in manuscript form.