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Doing Psychology Experiments

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This book is a great success-- written in humour and style, Mister Martin guides me to all stages of planning, doing and reporting psychology experiments. This is certainly a 'must read' for all novice experimenters. This work is also free of pretentious scientific jargon. Excellent.

Until I read this book, I didn't think it was possible to write a textbook without it being drier than the Sahara desert, let alone a research methods textbook. However, this book is well-informed, easy to understand, and surprisingly delightful to read. It is witty without being annoying, and it covers everything thoroughly while being clear and without being convoluted, as many textbooks can be. I actually read the book cover to cover, not because it was required for class (though it was), but because I enjoyed it. It's really expensive for a paperback textbook (but all textbooks are expensive); however, I decided it was worth it to keep my copy instead of selling it back to defray the cost. If you need to understand research methods, get this book!

This book is helpful for taking an experimental psychology class, includes a sample in the last chapters on how to write an APA style paper, so you dont have to buy another book for that!!!

This book is great. There are no flaws at all. It is a pretty simple read and very organized. Light and easy to carry around.

I originally purchased this book to use for an Experimental Design Class. As a psychology major I quickly found that this book was going to be an absolute keeper because it helps so easily with doing the experiment and explaining how to write the APA paper. Since most style writing guides are geared toward MLA and I didn't feel like going through the search of one for APA I just kept this book and it hasn't failed me yet.

I found this textbook to be a decent introductory psychology textbook. Although, there's one out by William MK Trochim that is really good for individual research methods as well.

This book was originally purchased for an Experimental Psychology class. This book was also like a bible for me. The author uses a form of writing that makes an already difficult subject easier to understand with the drawings and diagrams that reiterate in a visual manner what is being said in a written manner. This author does something not many college textbook authors do: he writes so students understand the concepts and terms. Many textbook authors believe students don't need easy material in a book most especially if they are college students, but we are in fact still students and need to learn the material to understand and not to sound smart. This author does this and so much more; I would recommend this to anyone wanting to know about any type of experiment and the basics of them.

i got the book for less than half the price from school and i received it right away. NEW BOOK!