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Volume 2 - Research Methods in Psychology

Handbook of Psychology, Volume 2: Research Methods in Psychology
0-471-38513-1
Available in December 2002

Volume Two, Research Methods in Psychology, offers comprehensive coverage of methods of data collection and analysis in psychological science. This volume covers basic considerations in research design (e.g. formulating hypothesis, selecting participant samples, identifying independent and dependent variables, and determining appropriate procedures), and alternative techniques for statistical treatment of data (e.g. categorical and factorial methods, path analysis and logistic regression, meta-analysis).

Volume Editors

John A. Schinka, Ph.D.
University of South Florida

Wayne F. Velicer, Ph.D.
University of Rhode Island

Table of Contents

I.	Foundations of Research: Study Design, Data Management, Data Reduction, and Data Synthesis

Chapter 1	Experimental Design    Roger E. Kirk

Chapter 2	Exploratory Data Analysis    John T. Behrens, Chong-ho Yu

Chapter 3	Power:  Basics, Practical Problems, and Possible Solutions    Rand R. Wilcox

Chapter 4	Methods for Handling Missing Data    John W. Graham, Patricio E. Cumsille, 
Elvira Elek-Fisk

Chapter 5	Preparatory Data Analysis    Linda S. Fidell, Barbara G. Tabachnick

Chapter 6	Factor Analysis    Richard L Gorsuch

Chapter 7	Clustering and Classification Methods    Glenn W. Milligan, Stephen C. Hirtle
	
II.	Research Methods in Specific Content Areas

Chapter 8	Clinical Forensic Psychology    Kevin S. Douglas, Randy K. Otto, Randy Borum

Chapter 9	Psychotherapy Outcome Research    Evelyn S. Behar, Thomas D. Borkovec

Chapter 10	Health Psychology    Timothy W. Smith

Chapter 11	Animal Learning    Russell M. Church

Chapter 12	Neuropsychology    Russell M. Bauer, Dawn Bowers, Elizabeth C. Leritz

Chapter 13	Program Evaluation    Melvin M. Mark

III.	Measurement Issues

Chapter 14	Mood Measurement: Current Status and Future Directions    David Watson, Jatin Vaidya

Chapter 15	Measuring Personality and Psychopathology    Leslie C. Morey

Chapter 16	The Circumplex Model: Methods and Research Applications    Michael B. Gurtman, 
Aaron L. Pincus

Chapter 17	Item Response Theory and Measuring Abilities    Karen M. Schmidt, Susan E. Embretson

Chapter 18	Growth Curve Analysis in Contemporary Psychological Research    John J. McArdle, 
John R. Nesselroade

IV.	Data Analysis Methods

Chapter 19	Multiple Linear Regression    Leona Aiken, Stephen G. West, Steven C. Pitts

Chapter 20	Logistic Regression    Alfred DeMaris

Chapter 21	Meta-Analyis    Frank L. Schmidt, John E. Hunter

Chapter 22	Survival Analysis    Judith Singer, John B. Willett

Chapter 23	Time Series Analysis    Wayne Velicer, Joseph L. Fava

Chapter 24	Structural Equation Modeling    Jodie Ullman, Peter M. Bentler

Chapter 25	Ordinal Analysis of Behavioral Data    Jeffrey D. Long, Du Feng, Norman Cliff

Chapter 26	Latent Class and Latent Transition Analysis    Stephanie L. Lanza, Brian P. Flaherty, 
Linda M. Collins

Complete List of Contributors

Leona Aiken, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 

Russell M. Bauer, Ph.D.
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology 
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Evelyn S. Behar, M.S.
Department of Psychology
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

John T. Behrens, Ph.D.
Cisco Networking Academy Program
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ

Peter M. Bentler, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of California
Los Angeles, CA

Thomas Borkovec, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Randy Borum, Psy.D.
Department of Mental Health Law & Policy
Florida Mental Health Institute 
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Dawn Bowers, Ph.D
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Russell M. Church, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Brown University
Providence, RI

Norman Cliff, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology Emeritus
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Linda M. Collins, Ph.D.
The Methodology Center
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Patricio E. Cumsille, Ph.D.
Escuela de Psicologia
Universidad Cat?lica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Alfed DeMaris, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH

Kevin S. Douglas, Ph.D., LL.B.
Department of Mental Health Law & Policy
Florida Mental Health Institute 
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 

Du Feng, Ph.D.
Human Development and Family Studies
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

Elvira Elek-Fisk, Ph.D.
The Methodology Center
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Susan Embretson, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Joseph L. Fava, Ph.D.
Cancer Prevention Research Center
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Linda S. Fidell, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
California State University
Northridge, CA

Brian P. Flaherty, M.S.
The Methodology Center
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Richard Gorsuch, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Psychology
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA

John W. Graham, Ph.D.
Department of Biobehavioral Health
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Michael B. Gurtman, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Kenosha, WI

Stephen C. Hirtle, Ph.D
School of Information Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

John E. Hunter, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology 
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 

Roger E. Kirk, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Baylor University
Waco, TX 

Stephanie T. Lanza, M.S.
The Methodology Center
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Elizabeth C. Leritz, M.S.
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Jeffrey Long, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Melvin M. Mark, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

John J. McArdle, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

Glenn W. Milligan, Ph.D.
Department of Management Sciences
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Leslie C. Morey, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX

John R. Nesselroade, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

Randy K. Otto, Ph.D.
Department of Mental Health Law & Policy
Florida Mental Health Institute 
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 

Aaron L. Pincus, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Steven C. Pitts, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Karen M. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

Frank L. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Department of Management & Organization
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 

Judith Singer, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Timothy W. Smith, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Barbara G. Tabachnick, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
California State University
Northridge, CA

Jodie Ullman, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
California State University
San Bernadino, CA

Jatin Vaidya
Department of Psychology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Wayne F. Velicer,  Ph.D.
Cancer Prevention Research Center
University of Rhode Island
Kingston RI

David Watson, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of  Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Stephen G. West, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Rand R. Wilcox, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

John B. Willett, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Chong-ho Yu, Ph.D.
Chandler, AZ