Experimental Psychology: Research Methods and Statistics

1 Psychology and the scientific method.- 2 Descriptive statistics.- 3 Standard scores.- 4 Normal distribution.- 5 Probability and significance.- 6 Statistical significance.- 7 Sampling.- 8 Standard error.- 9 Hypothesis formation.- 10 Hypothesis testing.- 11 Variables.- 12 Levels of measurement.- 13 Writing an experimental report.- 14 Experimental design and the control of error: I. Between-groups unrelated design.- 15 Standard error of the difference between means.- 16 Statistical tests for unrelated designs.- 17 Experimental design and the control of error: II. Within-groups related design and matched pairs design.- 18 Statistical tests for related and matched designs.- 19 Design and subject-experimenter problems.- 20 Chi-square.- 21 Correlation.- 22 Analysis of variance.- 23 Statistical tests.- 24 Factor analysis.- 25 Reliability and validity.- 26 Attitude measurement.- 27 Non-experimental methods.- Appendix A: Statistical tables.- Appendix B: Glossary of terms.- Appendix C: Answers to STQs.