1st Edition

Experimental And Nonexperimental Designs In Social Psychology

By Abraham S. Ross Copyright 1994
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

This book considers experimental designs, alternatives to experimental designs, survey methods, and how systematic collection of information can minimize alternative explanations in social psychology. It discusses meta-analysis for interpreting the results of many social psychology experiments.

Section I: Causality 1. Inferences About Causality Section II: Experimental Research 2. Experimental Designs 3. Manipulating the Independent Variable 4. The Dependent Variable Section III: Alternatives to the Experimental Design 5. Nonexperimental Alternatives Section IV: Surveys-Measuring Attitudes or Opinions of a Population 6. Measuring Attitudes or Opinions 7. Administering the Questionnaire 8. Research Methods: Some Things Don't Change 9. Meta-Analysis: New Methods of Analyzing Old Data

Biography

Ross, Abraham S.