This book considers experimental designs, alternatives to experimental designs, survey methods, and how systematic collection of information can minimize alternative explanations in social psychology. It discusses meta-analysis for interpreting the results of many social psychology experiments.

Ross, Abraham S.

Inferences about causality; experimental designs; manipulating the independent variable; the dependent variable; nonexperimental alternatives; measuring attitudes or opinions; administering the questionnaire; research methods - some things don't change; meta-analysis - new methods of analyzing old data.