Experimental design : from user studies to psychophysics
This book explains the basic terminology used to discuss experiments and takes a brief look at the more than 150 year history has in psychology. It covers how to generalize from a few people to the whole population. The largest part of the book is dedicated to the most flexible, and arguably the mos...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, Florida :
CRC Press ,
c2012
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| Series: | An A K Peters book
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| Summary: | This book explains the basic terminology used to discuss experiments and takes a brief look at the more than 150 year history has in psychology. It covers how to generalize from a few people to the whole population. The largest part of the book is dedicated to the most flexible, and arguably the most central, aspect of an experiment: what do the participants do? Each chapter follows the same structure and includes two examples, one from traditional psychophysics and on using computer animated facial expressions as stimuli |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 393 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-386) and index |
| ISBN: | 1439865515 (ebook) 1568814682 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781439865514 (ebook) 9781568814681 (hardback : alk. paper) |