Experimental design a handbook and dictionary for medical and behavioral research
Scientists planning experiments in medical and behavioral research will find this handbook and dictionary an invaluable desk reference tool. Also recommended as a textbook for students of Experimental Design or accompanying courses in Statistics. Principles of experimental design are introduced, t...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Elsevier
2000.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Techniques in the behavioral and neural sciences ;
v. 14. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797965306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Experimental Design: A Handbook and Dictionary for Medical and Behavioral Research; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Part A: Handbook of Experimental Design; Chapter 1. Historical Remarks; 1.1 The Diet Experiment of the Prophet Daniel; 1.2 The Lemon Experiment of an Egyptian Judge; 1.3 Drug Research in the 11th Century; 1.4 John Stuart Mill and the Foundations of Experimental Research; 1.5 Wilhelm Wundt and the Experiment in Psychology; 1.6 The Invention of Randomization; 1.7 Sir Ronald Fisher and Randomization; Summary; Questions; Chapter 2. The Object of Experimental Design
- 2.1 Dependent and Independent Variables2.2 Selection of Factor Levels; 2.3 Causal Relations and Intervening Variables; 2.4 Ockham's Razor; 2.5 Constructs; 2.6 Causal and Correlative Relations; Summary; Questions; Chapter 3. A Case for Experimental Design; 3.1 Threats to Statistical Conclusion Validity; 3.2 Threats to Internal Validity; 3.3 Threats to Construct Validity; 3.4 Threats to External Validity; Summary; Questions; Chapter 4. Control of Extraneous Variables; 4.1 Randomization; 4.2 Elimination and Blocking Off; 4.3 Constancy and Covering; 4.4 Matching and Blocking
- 4.5 Extraneous Variables as Independent Variables4.6 Replication; 4.7 Balancing; 4.8 Counterbalancing; 4.9 Blinding; 4.10 Control Groups and Control Conditions; 4.11 Conservative Arrangement of the Levels of Extraneous Variables; 4.12 Repeated Measures; 4.13 Statistical Adjustment; Summary; Questions; Chapter 5. Preliminary Experiments and Pilot Studies; Summary; Questions; Chapter 6. Designs which had Better be Avoided; 6.1 Designs without Randomization; 6.2 Designs without a Control Group; 6.3 Designs with Repeated Measures; 6.4 Crossover Designs; 6.5 Designs with more than Two Factors
- SummaryQuestions; Chapter 7. Designs without Repeated Measures; 7.1 Designs with One Independent Variable; 7.2 Designs with Two Independent Variables; 7.3 Designs with more than Two Independent Variables; Summary; Questions; Chapter 8. Designs with Repeated Measures; 8.1 Designs with One Independent Variable; 8.2 Designs with more than One Independent Variable; Summary; Questions; Chapter 9. Single-Case Experimental Designs; 9.1 Basic Principles of Single-Case Experimental Designs; 9.2 Selected Single-Case Experimental Designs; 9.3 An Alternative Principle of Single-Case Experimental Designs
- 9.4 Combination of the Results of Several Independent Single-Case Experimental DesignsSummary; Questions; Answers to the Questions (with References); Part B: Dictionary of Experimental Design; References; Author Index; Subject Index
