Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology : A First Course

"Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First Course" is a concise and accessible introduction to the design of psychology experiments and the statistical tests used to make sense of their results.

Written in a straightforward, effective style and making abundant use of charts, diagrams and figures, this book assumes no prior knowledge of statistics and will be of benefit to all students needing a clear pathway into this often confusing area.

The book introduces the main aspects of experimental design and statistics, including: explanations of how to formulate precise hypotheses and how to design experiments aimed at testing the hypotheses; coverage of different aspects of experimental design, including dependent versus independent variables, levels of treatment, experimental control, random versus systematic errors, and within versus between subjects design; a focus on descriptive and inferential statistical analysis of experimental data; an examination of the difference between experimental and correlational studies, showing how to conduct correlation and regression analysis; detailed instructions on how to perform statistical tests with SPSS.An invaluable step-by-step guide to all psychology students needing a firm grasp of the basics, "Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First Course" will also fire the imagination of more ambitious students by tackling some of the topic's more complex, controversial issues.

Downloadable instructor resources to supplement and support your lectures can be found at the Web site and include sample chapters, test questions, SPSS data sets, and figures and tables from the book.