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Based on a popular course taught by the author for more than two decades, this text helps students understand and apply 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 quickly acquire the skills to conduct, interpret, and evaluate research, then clearly communicate research findings.
Chapter 1: Philosophy of Science — The Scientific Approach to Knowledge | Download PDF |
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Chapter 2: Forms of Scientific Observation and Research | Download PDF |
Chapter 3: Steps of the Scientific Method | Download PDF |
Chapter 4: Variables in Research Designs | Download PDF |
Chapter 5: Initial and Final Phases of Research | Download PDF |
Chapter 6: Ethics of Research | Download PDF |
Chapter 7: Control In Experiments — Basic Principles and Some Techniques | Download PDF |
Chapter 8: Control in Experiments — Additional Techniques and Principles | Download PDF |
Chapter 9: Designs for Experiments — Introduction and Within-Participants | Download PDF |
Chapter 10: Designs for Experiments — Between Participants and Multiple Treatments | Download PDF |
Chapter 11: Sampling and Generalization | Download PDF |
Chapter 12: Hypothesis Testing and Statistical Significance | Download PDF |
Appendices | Download PDF |
prelims | Download PDF |