Re: Independent and Dependent Variables

[Christopher D. Green]

Annette Taylor, Ph. D. wrote: There is another one, but I'm far far away from my office for the next many weeks and can't look it up easily but it was an American Psychologist publication about 20 years ago that detailed the roots of psychology's definition of causation. It was really nicely written, at least as I remember reading it many year ago. I do not recall. However, an article on a related topic that might interest folks is: Winston, Andrew S. and Blais, Daniel J. (1996) What counts as an experiment?: A transdisciplinary analysis of textbooks, 1930-1970. American Journal of Psychology 109(4):599-616. wherein it turns out that the things we (psychologists) typically teach our students counts as a "true" experiment are (also) rather idiosyncratic to psychology and relatively recent in origin. You can find this article on-line at: http://htpprints.yorku.ca/archive/00000034/ Regards, -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 416-736-5115 ext. 66164 fax: 416-736-5814 http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ============================ . --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]