(BQ) Part 2 book "Research methods, design, and analysis" has contents: Procedure for conducting an experiment, summarizing research data descriptive statistics, preparing and publishing the research report, using inferential statistics, qualitative and mixed methods research,.and other contents. | Find more at 9 Chapter Procedure for Conducting an Experiment Procedure for Conducting an Experiment Institutional Approval Participants Apparatus/Instruments Animals Sample Size Humans Statistical Power Procedure Pilot Study Scheduling Participants Consent to Participate Instructions Data Collection Debriefing Learning Objectives • Describe the decisions that are made after the research design has been established but b efore data collection begins. • Explain the institutional approval process. • Explain the importance of sample size and the concept of statistical power. • Describe the elements of the research procedure. • Explain the necessity of debriefing and describe how it is done. • Explain why it is important to conduct a pilot study prior to data collection. 269 269 3/31/14 5:55 PM Find more at 270 | Procedure for Conducting an Experiment Introduction Researchers design their studies to answer their research question. This means that they identify the relevant independent and dependent variables and ttempt a to control for extraneous variables. After these design and control decisions have been made, however, there are still many decisions to be made about conducting the experiment because the design provides only the framework of the study. Once established, this framework must be filled in and implemented. The r esearcher has to determine the kinds of participants to be used, from where they can be obtained, and how many should be asked to participate. If human participants are to be used, the researcher must determine what instructions and tasks will be given. In this chapter, we discuss the issues that must be addressed to conduct the study. We address the issues in a general way because each study has its own unique characteristics; however, the discussion should provide the information you will need to conduct your own experimental research study. In
