How to Design and Report Experiments

This book is highly recommended for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students and even trainee clinical psychologists who need a quick revision of statistical concepts and experimental designs. My only regret was not purchasing this book during my early Undergraduate years, I have read and re-read countless books on the same phenomena, and despite the detail these books comprise of, they have never been able to impact on me the way this book has. Without sounding too much like a cliché’, if your only ever going to buy one statistical and research book, it has to be this one. Consider this the bible of all things statistically related!
M. L
Psych Me Up!

I strongly recommend this book. The all-important steps of defining the research question and choosing an appropriate method are clearly written by these experienced authors and by doing so provide a framework, which if followed, would avoid many of the common difficulties encountered by those in training. The book is a succinct, clear, and readable treatise on this extremely important area. It should prove to be invaluable to researchers, practicing social scientists, students and anyone involved in the design and reporting of experiments
Social Psychological Review

This book is a must for any one doing experimental research -- Agnes Tully * drupal *
Chose another text -- Dr Aisha Lowe * drupal *
A simple, step-by-step guide to designing and reporting experiments. -- Dr Alison Benbow * drupal *
The book is well laid out with clear sections and practical, sensible advice for students in the field of Psychology. Although it is fairly detailed, the subdivisions make it easy to find the most relevant points at different parts of the research process which is appealing. I am sure it will provide valuable assistance at all stages of the project from design, data collection and writing up. The format presented in the book matches exactly what we would expect from written reports and so should be a useful guide enabling students to produce the best written work possible. -- Dr Alison Lane * drupal *
\How to design and report experiments\" is an excellent and useful book. It provides clear guidance for analyzing and interpreting data and writing up your research. My students love the funny examples." -- Dr Anke Mümken * drupal *
Extremely useful book. -- Dr Cristina Cardigo * drupal *
This is an excellent and well written book by the same author as Discovering Statistics Using SPSS by Andy Field.

I was so impressed by Dr. Field′s book that I wanted to see if his earlier work was of the same quality. It is! I have recommended this book to my RES 714 Quantitative Methods & Statistical Analysis class, as well as all my dissertation students.

One additional recommendation is to see the book updated to a newer edition. Original copyright is 2003. -- Dr Dale Crowe * drupal *
extremely useful book, well written and detailed. -- Dr Derek Larkin * drupal *
This book explains the basics of experimental methodology. It seems to be written for undergraduate psychology students and for that group I would say both the writing style and the level is appropriate, clear and concise. It describes in clear terms the different steps of theorising and designing experimental research which is a useful practical guide for students. Most of my teaching is at the MSc and PhD level. I′ll recommend it for those who find the other texts on the course to complex and need a starter on experimental methods, I do not consider it advanced enough or written in a style appropriate for that level. -- Dr Ellen Helsper * drupal *
this is an excellent book which i will recommend for experimental design for my baking students -- Dr Gary Bell * drupal *
This is an extremely well written step by step guide to experimental research. -- Dr Iljana Schubert * drupal *
This is simply a very good book. It fits exactly the course I am planning to teach, and it would by very useful for research students to own. -- Dr Jan Herman Kuiper * drupal *
I would recommend all dissertation students to read this book -- Dr Jo Van Herwegen * drupal *
This is a great book- very clear and also funny -- Dr Judy RObertson * drupal *
The book seems to be a good suplement for my course, but I didn′t adopt it yet. Probably next year I will suggest it as complementary to the course and especially good for those that want to broaden their knowledge in experimental psychology. -- Dr Karolina Hansen * drupal *
This has been very well received by the students and they have found it very helpful for writing their class reports. -- Dr Kate Hammond * drupal *
This is a great introductory book for early undergraduate level. -- Dr Konstantinos Tsagkaridis * drupal *
Recommended to students and has been added to the module reading list. Very useful for different aspects of experimental design but also help with report writing in APA format. -- Dr Lauren Knott * drupal *
An excellent text book. I recommended this book as a secondary text but next year I′ll recommend it as a core text alongside the main statistics book. -- Dr Lizann Bonnar * drupal *
Helpful and clear -- Dr Lukman Aroean * drupal *
an easy-to-read and user friendly manual. Excellent for students. -- Dr Matteo Martini * drupal *
A concise and excellent book that covers the basics of experimental design and report. Good for learning about statistics without the need for formula and scary looking symbols. So ideal for an introductory text which fits very nicely with my course. -- Dr Matthew Paul * drupal *
A concise and excellent book that covers the basics of experimental design and report. Good for learning about statistics without the need for formula and scary looking symbols. So ideal for an introductory text. It also has a section or report writing according to APA format which is very useful. -- Dr Matthew Paul * drupal *
Unfortunately, the book covers too much that is not essential to the course. I will therefore recommend the book but cannot have it on the reading list without confusing my students. -- Dr Matthias Stadler * drupal *
This is a clear and useful textbook to supplement guidlines given in class for reporting experiments. -- Dr MHAIRI BOWE * drupal *
The book has been listed as an essential text for PSYC 2999 course. -- Dr Nor Diana Mohd Mahudin * drupal *
I was looking for more of a lab manual--rather than a full textbook on designing experiments -- Dr Paul Gladden * drupal *
This is an excellent text, which will enthuse the reader from the outset as Andy Field continues in his humorous tone.

This text provides students with different experimental designs before looking at the statistical analysis involved with each. -- Dr Peter Thain * drupal *
I have recommended this book to students at UG and MSc level in their write up of lab reports and their disserations. I find the layout of the book and chapters to be appealing and logical. The tone of language is engaging and certainly one that the students identify with. This has meant that those who use it, find it invaluable. -- Dr Ruth Lowry * drupal *
A very good coherent text. I will add it to suggested reading. It is particularly useful in providing clear guidance for report writing. A further benefit is that it will span both first and second year research methods courses. -- Dr Steven Stagg * drupal *
Great book for level 5 undergraduates about to embark on level 6 dissertations. -- Dr Stuart Allen * drupal *
Recommended to students as a useful text for the 3 year degree programme -- Dr Sue Churchill * drupal *
This is a useful text that is written in an accessible way. Sections of the reports are broken down nicely for students to make quick reference to parts that apply to them. The book is brimming with good advice and will serve as an excellent source on designing and reporting experiments. -- Dr Thomas Hunt * drupal *
A great book and nicely written. Field once more proves that he is hilariously funny and can even get students reading about causality without getting totally bored after two pages. Students′ feedback was overwhelmingly positive.

However, the scope of our course was somewhat broader and therefore we ended up collecting several book chapters and papers in order to assemble a customized essential reader. Therefore only a "recommendation". " -- Dr Thomas Scherndl * drupal *
Great book, however only partially fitting to the course outline.

Nevertheless I could not resist to adopt some examples and even use some of his jokes (of course giving him fully credit for those) -- Dr Thomas Scherndl * drupal *
Another great book from Andy Field. This book is great for young researchers, particularly those who may be doing their dissertations. Excellent. -- Miss Charlotte Pennington * drupal *
A lot of the info doubles with the Discovering Statistics Book, but some chapters will be useful for my students in empirical classes. -- Miss Sabine Reich * drupal *
This book elaborates on some of the shorter points in Fiel′s Discovering statistics and is a good supplement if you need more insight in experimental design. -- Miss Sabine Reich * drupal *
Really good book. Have recommended it for all my super visees dealing with experimental designs. Also have suggested it to other people for their dissertation students. -- Mr Chrysostomos Apostolidis * drupal *
Amazing book, easy to understand. My students will love it. -- Mr Emanuel Turcu * drupal *
Essential reading as it describes how to write up the results from experiments in a report format. -- Mr Gary McKenna * drupal *
a must have for teaching experimental design to novice students. -- Mr Georgios Filippou * drupal *
A very valuable piece of work that combines statistical methodology and research design. I do recommand that book to my students. The language is very funny and makes it very readable. -- Mr Jamel Khenfer * drupal *
An excellent book that explains the subject area in simple terms using straight forward talk. -- Mr Joel Harris * drupal *
primarily for students of psychology, well-written with illustrative examples -- Mr Joerg Wombacher * drupal *
Provides essential information for all those students conducting experimental research. -- Mr Marc Potter * drupal *
Great supplemental book on experimental methodology. It was quite thorough for how we set up our course. But that is something that could change in the near future. We are considering a follow up course on how to design experiments in HCI. This would be great book for that purpose. -- Mr Pascal Haazebroek * drupal *
Looks very promising as a readable guide to improving research design and writing. -- Mr Patrick Meehan * drupal *
I will be adopting this book for my 2014 Research Methodology Course. This is the most relevant and easy to follow book that I have used. Its is very clear in its instruction. I use the book this the other book by Andy Field (Discovering Statistics Using SPSS). It a good good to use both at undergraduate an postgraduate levels. -- Mr Sizwe Zondo * drupal *
A very easy to read book detailing research design. Will aid students designing undergraduate projects. -- Mr Stuart Coussins * drupal *
Absolutely essential book for first year undergraduates learning how to design experiments and write up their work. This book serves as a very useful ′must have′ companion all the way through any psychology degree. Highly recommended! -- Mrs Annabelle Scarlet * drupal *
a great book for undergraduate students -- Mrs Anne Scrimgeour * drupal *
This a great book for an introduction into experimental design! -- Mrs Smarandita Tapalaga * drupal *
A great book for all those interested in Experimental Design. Gives the essentials on how to develop experimental studies. -- Mrs Vera Colaco * drupal *
Andy Field provides a really accessible read which is essential for students needed to get to grips with experimental design. This and the SPSS book are perfect introductory texts to this area for undergrads, postgrads and staff. -- Ms Hayley Noakes * drupal *
This book is absolutely brilliant to assist students through all steps of the process of planning, implementing and evaluating experiments. Many examples demonstrate how to do it the right way, so the text is easy to understand. Students will find this book useful from the very beginning through the whole university studies. -- Ms Monika Thomsen * drupal *
"How to design and report experiments" is clearly structured into three parts in order to cover the complete process of experimental research: (1) Designing an experiment, (2) Analysing and interpreting data, and (3) Writing up your research. My personal highlight is part 3, the reporting of findings, which answers questions such as ′What did I find?′ and ′So what?′. I can recommend the book to students of all levels.
Nina Jeanette Hofferberth, University of Wuppertal, Germany -- Ms Nina Hofferberth * drupal *
This book is a great all-rounder for an undergraduate introductory research methods & statistics course. Written in an accessible style, this is a great choice for cash-strapped students. -- Ms Shara Lochun * drupal *
If you look for a book that explain how to describe the statistics part of a paper o how to interpret properly the statistics results ant to write immediately them in your writing paper, this is the book that you are looking for.
An essential tool to report the results of the experiments. -- Professor RAUL ARELLANO * drupal *
I love it! -- Professor Tatjana Seibt * drupal *