At 08:48 AM 10/23/99 -0500, G. Marc Turner wrote:
>At 02:07 PM 10/22/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>>I'm trying to decide between The Psychologist as Detective (Smith & Davis)
>>and Research Design & Methods: A Process Approach (Bordens & Abbott) for
>>the course I teach in Experimental Psychology (Clinical Research). Any
>>opinions on the two texts?
>
I'd like to second the Bordens and Abbott text. Although I like the other
text, B&A has a greater breath of coverage in areas that our students
really use e.g., observational research. Overall our students have been
quite happy with it and keep if for later reference. I also move the
chapters around so that QAPA style is covered before they have labs due,
but that is easy to do. Some of our less prepared students find the stats
reviews chapters rather difficult, but that's true of most texts.
Dawn
Dawn G. Blasko Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Station Road
Erie, PA 16563-1501
Office phone: 814-898-6081
http://www.pserie.psu.edu/hss/psych/blasko.htm
