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The design and conduct of meaningful experiments involving human participants : 25 scientific principles /

"Designing and conducting experiments involving human participants requires a skillset different from that needed for statistically analyzing the resulting data. The Design and Conduct of Meaningful Experiments Involving Human Participants combines an introduction to scientific culture and ethi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bausell, R. Barker, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: Introduction to the Experimental Process. Conducting Meaningful Experiments: Prerequisites and Purposes ; Causal Inferences and the Strange (but Fictitious) Case of Mrs. Smith ; An Introduction to the Design of Meaningful Experiments via the Continuing Adventures of Dr. Jones ; Why Poorly Designed Experiments Are Inadequate for Making Complex Inferences: The Single Group Pretest/Post-test Design (or the Unfortunate Conclusion of Dr. Jones's Foray into the World of Science)
  • Part II: Experimental Designs for Research Involving Human. Enter the Control Group and a Deus ex Machina ; The Design of Single Factor, Between Subjects Experiments ; Factorial Designs ; Repeated Measures, within Subjects, and Longitudinal Designs
  • Part III: Maximizing and Implementing the Experimental Design. Ensuring Sufficient Statistical Power ; Conducting the Experiment
  • Part IV: Other Experimental Issues, Designs, and Paradigms. External Validity (Generalizability) ; Three Additional Experimental Paradigms: Single-Case, Program Evaluation/Natural Experiments, and Quality Improvement Research ; Experimental Bias ; Epilogue and Review.