Experimental Design: Procedures for Behavioral Sciences (Psychology) [Hardcover]

Roger E. Kirk (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 11, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0534250920 | ISBN-13: 978-0534250928 | Edition: 3rd

Written by a renowned psychologist Roger E. Kirk of Baylor University, this classic text provides the graduate student in experimental design with detailed coverage of the designs and techniques with the greatest potential use in behavioral research. Kirk's book is known for its emphasis on the logical rather than the mathematical basis of experimental design; for its in-depth exploration of the relationship between analysis of variance and regression analysis; for its introduction of the concept of building block designs; and for its comprehensive scope that describes all of the ANOVA experimental designs that are potentially useful in the behavioral sciences and education.

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Roger E. Kirk received his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the Ohio State University and did postdoctoral study in mathematical psychology at the University of Michigan. He is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Statistics at Baylor University. He founded and, for 25 years, directed Baylor's Behavioral Statistics Ph.D. program and the Institute of Statistics, now the Department of Statistical Science. He has published extensively in the areas of statistics, psychoacoustics, and human engineering and is the author of five statistics books. His first book, Experimental Design: Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences, has been identified by the Institute for Scientific Information as one of the most frequently cited books in its field. Dr. Kirk is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 1, 2, 5 and 13) and the American Psychological Society. He is a past president of the Society for Applied Multivariate Research, Division 5 of the American Psychological Association, and the Southwestern Psychological Association. In recognition of his teaching effectiveness, he was named the Outstanding Tenured Teacher in the College of Arts and Sciences and designated a Master Teacher, Baylor University's highest teaching honor. He is the 2005 recipient of the Jacob Cohen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Mentoring from Division 5 of the American Psychological Association.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 928 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 3rd edition (November 11, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534250920
• ISBN-13: 978-0534250928
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's expensive, it must be good, right?, April 2, 2000

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This review is from: Experimental Design: Procedures for Behavioral Sciences (Psychology) (Hardcover)

I have used this book as a graduate student doing social science research. The editorial reviewers got it right; Kirk emphasizes logical explanation, although computational equations are presented in tandem. The book is so expensive because it's so thick and thorough. Everything's here. You won't have to buy a bunch of other books. Just about everything to do with ANOVA and modeling is in here. A good resource.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good explanations, May 26, 2008

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This review is from: Experimental Design: Procedures for Behavioral Sciences (Psychology) (Hardcover)

As a doctoral student, I've had to read some really pedantic books on statistics, and believe me, there's plenty of those out there. Fortunately, this book is not one of them! Kirk uses a language that is pretty easy to understand and the logical explanations really help the reader grasp the concepts and applications of statistical techniques.

However, there are some chapters (Chapter 3 on Multiple Comparisons, for example) where the explanations are not very good. There is a lot of focus on formulas and not enough explanations for a simple way to execute the procedures. I find myself also reading Tabachnick and Fidell, "Experimental Design Using ANOVA" since these two authors explain concepts and procedures even better than Kirk. Combine both books and you get a really solid foundation in ANOVA.

I'm not into formulas since SPSS can take care of most of this for you, so the conceptual component is what I really needed, and the 2 books cover sufficiently different grounds that justify reading both. And when I need to go into SPSS, my favorite book is, "SPSS for Intermediate Statistics: Use and Interpretation" by Leech, Barrett and Morgan. This book does not merely outline step-by-step procedures for running SPSS but provide brief yet useful explanations/tips. With these 3 books, ANOVA gets really interesting and "do-able".

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply a classic, May 7, 2003

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This review is from: Experimental Design: Procedures for Behavioral Sciences (Psychology) (Hardcover)

This text is a great purchase for any student who will be designing and performing experiments as part of his or her own research. For example, a Ph.D. student in marketing who is studying consumer behavior should read this book. As a matter of fact, it would be a great "prep" book to read before showing up to a Ph.D. program (again, only if the research program will involve performing experiments).