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Applied Data Analytic Techniques For Turning Points Research

Applied Data Analytic Techniques For Turning Points Research
  • Edited by Patricia Cohen

This innovative volume demonstrates the use of a range of statistical approaches that examine "turning points" (a change in direction, magnitude, or meaning) in real...

Published March 26th 2008 by Routledge.

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Applied Data Analytic Techniques For Turning Points Research

Applied Data Analytic Techniques For Turning Points Research
  • Edited by Patricia Cohen

This innovative volume demonstrates the use of a range of statistical approaches that examine "turning points" (a change in direction, magnitude, or meaning) in real...

Published March 26th 2008 by Routledge.

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An Introduction to Applied Multivariate Analysis

An Introduction to Applied Multivariate Analysis
  • By Tenko Raykov, George A. Marcoulides

This comprehensive new text introduces readers to the most commonly used multivariate techniques at an introductory, non-technical level. By focusing on the fundamentals, readers are...

Published March 10th 2008 by Routledge.

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Multilevel Analysis of Individuals and Cultures

Multilevel Analysis of Individuals and Cultures
  • Edited by Fons J.R. van de Vijver, Dianne A. Van Hemert, Ype H. Poortinga

In this new book, top specialists address theoretical, methodological, and empirical multilevel models as they relate to the analysis of individual and cultural data. Divided...

Published January 25th 2008 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Multilevel Analysis of Individuals and Cultures

Multilevel Analysis of Individuals and Cultures
  • Edited by Fons J.R. van de Vijver, Dianne A. Van Hemert, Ype H. Poortinga

In this new book, top specialists address theoretical, methodological, and empirical multilevel models as they relate to the analysis of individual and cultural data. Divided...

Published January 25th 2008 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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International Handbook of Survey Methodology

International Handbook of Survey Methodology
  • Edited by Edith D. de Leeuw, Joop Hox, Don Dillman

Taking into account both traditional and emerging modes, this comprehensive new Handbook covers all major methodological and statistical issues in designing and analyzing surveys. With...

Published January 17th 2008 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Introduction to Statistical Mediation Analysis

Introduction to Statistical Mediation Analysis
  • By David MacKinnon

This volume introduces the statistical, methodological, and conceptual aspects of mediation analysis. Applications from health, social, and developmental psychology, sociology, communication, exercise science, and epidemiology are...

Published January 17th 2008 by Routledge/Psychpres.

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Introduction to Statistical Mediation Analysis

Introduction to Statistical Mediation Analysis
  • By David MacKinnon

This volume introduces the statistical, methodological, and conceptual aspects of mediation analysis. Applications from health, social, and developmental psychology, sociology, communication, exercise science, and epidemiology are...

Published January 17th 2008 by Routledge/Psychpres.

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Learning From Data

Learning From Data

An Introduction to Statistical Reasoning

  • By ARTHUR GLENBERG, Matthew Andrzejewski

Learning from Data focuses on how to interpret psychological data and statistical results. The authors’ review the basics of statistical reasoning to help students better...

Published August 9th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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SPSS for Intermediate Statistics

SPSS for Intermediate Statistics

Use and Interpretation

  • By Nancy Leech, Karen Barrett, George A. Morgan

This book helps students learn to analyze and interpret research data using SPSS by demonstrating how to compute a variety of statistics covered in intermediate...

Published July 16th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Intermediate Statistics

Intermediate Statistics

A Modern Approach

  • By James P. Stevens

James Stevens’ best-selling text, Intermediate Statistics, is written for those who use, rather than develop, statistical techniques. Dr. Stevens focuses on a conceptual understanding of the...

Published July 5th 2007 by Routledge.

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Thinking With Data

Thinking With Data
  • Edited by Marsha C. Lovett, Priti Shah

The chapters in Thinking With Data are based on presentations given at the 33rd Carnegie Symposium on Cognition. The Symposium was motivated by the confluence...

Published May 22nd 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science

Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science

Strategies and Applications

  • By Stewart I. Donaldson

Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science fills the gap between 21st century literature on evaluation and what is happening in practice. It features detailed examples of how...

Published May 22nd 2007 by Routledge.

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An Introduction to Statistical Concepts

An Introduction to Statistical Concepts
  • By Richard G. Lomax
This book provides comprehensive coverage so that it can be used in a single- or two-course sequence in statistics. It provides greater flexibility because it...

Published April 12th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Statistical Concepts

Statistical Concepts

A Second Course, Third Edition

  • By Richard G. Lomax

Statistical Concepts, 3/e consists of the last 8 chapters of Richard Lomax’s best selling text, An Introduction to Statistical Concepts, 2/e. Designed for a second...

Published April 12th 2007 by Routledge.

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Applying the Rasch Model

Applying the Rasch Model

Fundamental Measurement in the Human Sciences

  • By Trevor G. Bond, Christine M. Fox

Written in an accessible style, this book facilitates a deep understanding of the Rasch model. Authors Bond and Fox review the crucial properties of the...

Published April 2nd 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Modeling Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies

Modeling Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies
  • Edited by Todd D. Little, James A. Bovaird, Noel A. Card
This volume reviews the challenges and alternative approaches to modeling how individuals change across time and provides methodologies and data analytic strategies for behavioral and social science...

Published March 21st 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Modeling Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies

Modeling Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies
  • Edited by Todd D. Little, James A. Bovaird, Noel A. Card
This volume reviews the challenges and alternative approaches to modeling how individuals change across time and provides methodologies and data analytic strategies for behavioral and social science...

Published March 21st 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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MATLAB for Behavioral Scientists

MATLAB for Behavioral Scientists
  • By David A. Rosenbaum
Behavioral scientists use computers in virtually all their work—from data collection to analysis, presentation, and simulation. However, there has been no book written to date...

Published March 7th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Factor Analysis at 100

Factor Analysis at 100

Historical Developments and Future Directions

  • Edited by Robert Cudeck, Robert C. MacCallum
Factor analysis is one of the success stories of statistics in the social sciences. The reason for its wide appeal is that it provides a...

Published March 6th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Factor Analysis at 100

Factor Analysis at 100

Historical Developments and Future Directions

  • Edited by Robert Cudeck, Robert C. MacCallum
Factor analysis is one of the success stories of statistics in the social sciences. The reason for its wide appeal is that it provides a...

Published March 6th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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A Historical and Contemporary Look at Psychological Systems

A Historical and Contemporary Look at Psychological Systems
  • By Joseph J. Pear
A Historical and Contemporary Look at Psychological Systems offers a novel approach to examining the history and current state of scientific psychology. This boldly original...

Published February 2nd 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Event History Analysis With Stata

Event History Analysis With Stata
  • By Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Katrin Golsch, G”tz Rohwer
Event History Analysis With Stata provides an introduction to event history modeling techniques using Stata (version 9), a widely used statistical program that provides tools...

Published February 2nd 2007 by CRC Press.

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Event History Analysis With Stata

Event History Analysis With Stata
  • By Hans-Peter Blossfeld, G”tz Rohwer, Katrin Golsch
Event History Analysis With Stata provides an introduction to event history modeling techniques using Stata (version 9), a widely used statistical program that provides tools...

Published February 2nd 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Statistical and Process Models for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging

Statistical and Process Models for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging
  • Edited by Michael J. Wenger, Christof Schuster
Statistical and Process Models for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging addresses methodological techniques for researching cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, the biophysics and structure of the nervous...

Published January 30th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Data Analytic Techniques for Dynamical Systems

Data Analytic Techniques for Dynamical Systems
  • Edited by Steven M. Boker, Michael J. Wenger

Each volume in the Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology features leading methodologists and substantive experts who provide instruction on innovative techniques designed to enhance...

Published January 30th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Advocacy Research in Literacy Education

Advocacy Research in Literacy Education

Seeking Higher Ground

  • By Meredith Rogers Cherland, Helen Harper
This book reviews what the authors term advocacy research in literacy education-research that explicitly addresses issues of social justice, equity, and democracy with the distinct...

Published November 13th 2006 by Routledge.

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Longitudinal Models in the Behavioral and Related Sciences

Longitudinal Models in the Behavioral and Related Sciences
  • Edited by Kees van Montfort, Johan Oud, Albert Satorra
This new volume reviews longitudinal models and analysis procedures for use in the behavioral and social sciences. Written by distinguished experts in the field, the...

Published October 30th 2006 by Routledge/Psychpres.

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Longitudinal Models in the Behavioral and Related Sciences

Longitudinal Models in the Behavioral and Related Sciences
  • Edited by Kees van Montfort, Johan Oud, Albert Satorra
This new volume reviews longitudinal models and analysis procedures for use in the behavioral and social sciences. Written by distinguished experts in the field, the...

Published October 30th 2006 by Routledge/Psychpres.

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SPSS for Introductory Statistics

SPSS for Introductory Statistics

Use and Interpretation, Third Edition

  • By George A. Morgan, Nancy L. Leech, Gene W. Gloeckner, Karen C. Barrett

This book distinguishes itself from other SPSS resources through its unique integration of the research process (including design) and the use and interpretation of the...

Published October 18th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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SPSS 14 Made Simple

SPSS 14 Made Simple
  • By Paul R. Kinnear, Colin D. Gray

SPSS 14 Made Simple is the latest edition of one of the most popular textbooks in its field. Each statistical technique is presented in a...

Published July 27th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Statistical Literacy at School

Statistical Literacy at School

Growth and Goals

  • By Jane M. Watson
This book reveals the development of students' understanding of statistical literacy. It provides a way to "see" student thinking and gives readers a deeper sense...

Published June 23rd 2006 by Routledge.

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Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment

Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment
  • Edited by Ronald K. Hambleton, Peter F. Merenda, Charles D. Spielberger
Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment critically examines and advances new methods and practices for adapting tests for cross-cultural assessment and research. The...

Published May 9th 2006 by Routledge.

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An Introduction to Latent Variable Growth Curve Modeling

An Introduction to Latent Variable Growth Curve Modeling

Concepts, Issues, and Applications

  • By Susan C. Duncan, Susan C. Duncan, Lisa A. Strycker
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to latent variable growth curve modeling (LGM) for analyzing repeated measures. It presents the statistical basis for LGM and...

Published May 9th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Introduction to the Taxometric Method

Introduction to the Taxometric Method

A Practical Guide

  • By Ayelet Meron Ruscio, Nick Haslam, Ayelet Meron Ruscio
Introduction to the Taxometric Method is a user-friendly, practical guide to taxometric research. Drawing from both classic and contemporary research, it provides a comprehensive introduction...

Published April 11th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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A Paul Meehl Reader

A Paul Meehl Reader

Essays on the Practice of Scientific Psychology

  • Edited by Niels G. Waller, Leslie J. Yonce, William M. Grove, David Faust, Mark F. Lenzenweger

This new book introduces a new generation to the important insights of Paul Meehl. In addition to selected papers from the classic reader, Psychodiagnosis, this...

Published April 7th 2006 by Routledge.

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SPSS for Psychologists

SPSS for Psychologists
  • By Nicola Brace, Richard Kemp, Rosemary Snelgar
The new edition of this best-selling guide carefully leads the user through the process of using SPSS to analyze psychological data. The authors review the...

Published April 7th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Automated Scoring of Complex Tasks in Computer-Based Testing

Automated Scoring of Complex Tasks in Computer-Based Testing
  • Edited by David M. Williamson, Robert J. Mislevy, Isaac I. Bejar
The use of computers and the Internet in the testing community has expanded the opportunity for innovative testing. Until now, there was no one source...

Published April 4th 2006 by Routledge.

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Quantitative Methods and Applications in GIS

Quantitative Methods and Applications in GIS
  • By Fahui Wang
Quantitative Methods and Applications in GIS integrates GIS, spatial analysis, and quantitative methods to address various issues in socioeconomic studies and public policy. Methods range...

Published April 3rd 2006 by CRC Press.

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Handbook of Univariate and Multivariate Data Analysis and Interpretation with SPSS

Handbook of Univariate and Multivariate Data Analysis and Interpretation with SPSS
  • By Robert Ho
Many statistics texts tend to focus more on the theory and mathematics underlying statistical tests than on their applications and interpretation. This can leave readers...

Published March 24th 2006 by Chapman and Hall.

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A First Course in Structural Equation Modeling

A First Course in Structural Equation Modeling
  • By Tenko Raykov, George A. Marcoulides
This book is designed to introduce students to the basics of structural equation modeling through a conceptual, nonmathematical approach. The few mathematical formulas included are...

Published March 21st 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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A First Course in Structural Equation Modeling

A First Course in Structural Equation Modeling
  • By Tenko Raykov, George A. Marcoulides
This book is designed to introduce students to the basics of structural equation modeling through a conceptual, nonmathematical approach. The few mathematical formulas included are...

Published March 21st 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Generalized Additive Models

Generalized Additive Models

An Introduction with R

  • By Simon Wood
Now in widespread use, generalized additive models (GAMs) have evolved into a standard statistical methodology of considerable flexibility. While Hastie and Tibshirani's outstanding 1990 research...

Published February 27th 2006 by Chapman and Hall.

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History of Psychology

History of Psychology

A Cultural Perspective

  • By Cherie G. O'Boyle
History of Psychology: A Cultural Perspective easily distinguishes itself from other texts in a number of ways. First, it examines the field within the rich...

Published February 24th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Structural Equation Modeling With EQS

Structural Equation Modeling With EQS

Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming

  • By Barbara Byrne

Readers who want a less mathematical alternative to the EQS manual will find exactly what they're looking for in this practical text. Written specifically for those...

Published February 17th 2006 by Routledge/Psychpres.

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Structural Equation Modeling With EQS

Structural Equation Modeling With EQS

Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming

  • By Barbara Byrne

Readers who want a less mathematical alternative to the EQS manual will find exactly what they're looking for in this practical text. Written specifically for those...

Published February 17th 2006 by Routledge/Psychpres.

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Bridging Cultures in Early Care and Education

Bridging Cultures in Early Care and Education

A Training Module

  • By Marlene Zepeda, Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Carrie Rothstein-Fisch, Elise Trumbull
Bridging Cultures in Early Care and Education: A Training Module is a resource designed to help pre-service and in-service early childhood educators, including infant-toddler caregivers,...

Published January 26th 2006 by Routledge.

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Researching Second Language Classrooms

Researching Second Language Classrooms
  • By Sandra Lee McKay
This text introduces teachers to research methods they can use to examine their own classrooms in order to become more effective teachers. Becoming familiar with...

Published January 20th 2006 by Routledge.

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Ethical Issues and Guidelines in Psychology

Ethical Issues and Guidelines in Psychology
  • By Philip Banyard, Cara Flanagan

What are the right ways to behave and the right ways to treat other people?

Ethics are the rules and guidelines that we use to make...

Published January 19th 2006 by Routledge.

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Methodological Issues in Aging Research

Methodological Issues in Aging Research
  • Edited by Cindy S. Bergeman, Steven M. Boker
Methodological Issues in Aging Research is the first volume in the "Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology." This new series provides practical training on the...

Published November 17th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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How to do Research

How to do Research

A Psychologist's Guide

  • By Jonathan St B T Evans

Despite the existence of a large number of research methods textbooks, until now there has not been one offering coherent discussion of or clearly outlining...

Published August 18th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Understanding and Evaluating Research in Applied and Clinical Settings

Understanding and Evaluating Research in Applied and Clinical Settings
  • By George A. Morgan, Jeffrey A. Gliner, Robert J. Harmon
Clinically oriented professionals and students need to understand and evaluate the research and statistics in professional articles, especially given today's emphasis on evidence-based practice. This...

Published August 10th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Elementary Science Teacher Education

Elementary Science Teacher Education

International Perspectives on Contemporary Issues and Practice

  • Edited by Ken Appleton

Co-Published with the Association For Science Teacher Education.

Reflecting recent policy and standards initiatives, emerging research agendas, and key innovations, this volume provides a contemporary overview...

Published July 20th 2005 by Routledge.

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The Research Companion

The Research Companion

A Practical Guide for the Social and Health Sciences

  • By Petra M. Boynton

Social science research has traditionally focused on the historical study of research methods, frequently overlooking the practical skills needed to undertake a research project. The...

Published June 30th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Funds of Knowledge

Funds of Knowledge

Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms

  • Edited by Norma Gonzalez, Luis C. Moll, Cathy Amanti
The concept of "funds of knowledge" is based on a simple premise: people are competent and have knowledge, and their life experiences have given them...

Published May 17th 2005 by Routledge.

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Contemporary Psychometrics

Contemporary Psychometrics
  • Edited by Albert Maydeu-Olivares, John J. McArdle

Contemporary Psychometrics features cutting edge chapters organized in four sections: test theory, factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multivariate analysis.

The section on test theory includes...

Published April 8th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Working With Numbers and Statistics

Working With Numbers and Statistics

A Handbook for Journalists

  • By Charles Livingston, Paul S. Voakes
Working With Numbers and Statistics: A Handbook for Journalists will bolster math skills and improve math confidence for journalists at all skill levels. Authors Charles...

Published March 31st 2005 by Routledge.

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Working With Numbers and Statistics

Working With Numbers and Statistics

A Handbook for Journalists

  • By Charles Livingston, Paul S. Voakes
Working With Numbers and Statistics: A Handbook for Journalists will bolster math skills and improve math confidence for journalists at all skill levels. Authors Charles...

Published March 31st 2005 by Routledge.

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Effect Sizes for Research

Effect Sizes for Research

A Broad Practical Approach

  • By Robert J. Grissom, John J. Kim
The goal of this book is to inform a broad readership about a variety of measures and estimators of effect sizes for research, their proper...

Published March 24th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Statistics in Plain English

Statistics in Plain English
  • By Timothy C. Urdan
This book presents statistical concepts and techniques in simple, everyday language. It provides short, simple descriptions and explanations of a number of statistics or concepts....

Published February 22nd 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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The Essence of Multivariate Thinking

The Essence of Multivariate Thinking

Basic Themes and Methods

  • By Lisa L. Harlow

The Essence of Multivariate Thinking is intended to make multivariate statistics more accessible to a wide audience. To encourage a more thorough understanding of multivariate...

Published January 18th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS 12 and 13

Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS 12 and 13

A Guide for Social Scientists

  • By Alan Bryman, Duncan Cramer

This new edition has been completely updated to accommodate the needs of users of SPSS Release 12 and 13 for Windows, whilst still being applicable...

Published December 23rd 2004 by Routledge.

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Using R for Introductory Statistics

Using R for Introductory Statistics
  • By John Verzani
The cost of statistical computing software has precluded many universities from installing these valuable computational and analytical tools. R, a powerful open-source software package, was...

Published November 29th 2004 by Chapman and Hall.

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New Developments in Categorical Data Analysis for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

New Developments in Categorical Data Analysis for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Edited by L. Andries van der Ark, Marcel A. Croon, Klaas Sijtsma
Categorical data are quantified as either nominal variables--distinguishing different groups, for example, based on socio-economic status, education, and political persuasion--or ordinal variables--distinguishing levels of interest,...

Published November 12th 2004 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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SPSS Explained

SPSS Explained
  • By Charlotte Brownlow, Bob Cozens, Perry R. Hinton, Isabella McMurray
SPSS Explained provides the student with all that they need to undertake statistical analysis using SPSS, guiding the student from the basic rationale behind the...

Published October 21st 2004 by Routledge.

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Constructing Measures

Constructing Measures

An Item Response Modeling Approach

  • By Mark Wilson
Constructing Measures introduces a way to understand the advantages and disadvantages of measurement instruments, how to use such instruments, and how to apply these methods...

Published October 14th 2004 by Routledge.

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SPSS for Intermediate Statistics

SPSS for Intermediate Statistics

Use and Interpretation

  • By Nancy Leech, Karen Barrett, George A. Morgan

This book helps students learn to analyze and interpret research data using SPSS by demonstrating how to compute a variety of statistics covered in intermediate...

Published August 16th 2004 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Statistics Explained

Statistics Explained

A Guide for Social Science Students

  • By Dr Perry R Hinton
Statistics Explained clearly outlines the major statistical tests used by undergraduates in the social sciences. It provides easy-to-understand explanations of how and why they are...

Published July 15th 2004 by Routledge.

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Mixing Methods in Psychology

Mixing Methods in Psychology

The Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Theory and Practice

  • Edited by Zazie Todd, Brigitte Nerlich, Suzanne Mckeown, David D. Clark
Can qualitative and quantitative methods be combined effectively in psychology? What are the practical and theoretical issues involved? Should different criteria be used to judge...

Published July 15th 2004 by Psychology Press.

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Multivariate Statistical Methods

Multivariate Statistical Methods

A Primer, Third Edition

  • By Bryan F.J. Manly
Multivariate methods are now widely used in the quantitative sciences as well as in statistics because of the ready availability of computer packages for performing...

Published July 6th 2004 by Chapman and Hall.

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A Beginner's Guide to Structural Equation Modeling

A Beginner's Guide to Structural Equation Modeling
  • By Randall E. Schumacker, Richard G. Lomax

The second edition features:

Quantitative Psychological Research

Quantitative Psychological Research

A Student's Handbook

  • By David Clark-Carter
Quantitative Psychological Research: A Student's Handbook is a thoroughly revised and updated version of David Clark-Carter's extremely successful Doing Quantitative Psychological Research: From Design to...

Published June 3rd 2004 by Psychology Press.

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Communication Research Measures

Communication Research Measures

A Sourcebook

  • Edited by Rebecca B. Rubin, Philip Palmgreen, Howard E. Sypher
The development of communication as a discipline has resulted in an explosion of scales tapping various aspects of interpersonal, mass, organizational, and instructional communication. These...

Published May 15th 2004 by Routledge.

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A Beginner's Guide to Structural Equation Modeling

A Beginner's Guide to Structural Equation Modeling
  • By Randall E. Schumacker, Richard G. Lomax

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Studying Educational and Social Policy

Studying Educational and Social Policy

Theoretical Concepts and Research Methods

  • By Ronald H. Heck
The overall purpose of this text is to introduce beginning researchers to the study of educational and social policy, how it has been examined from...

Published March 31st 2004 by Routledge.

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Latent Variable Models

Latent Variable Models

An Introduction to Factor, Path, and Structural Equation Analysis

  • By John C. Loehlin
This book is intended as an introduction to multiple-latent-variable models. Confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis, and structural equation modeling have come out of specialized niches...

Published December 3rd 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Latent Variable Models

Latent Variable Models

An Introduction to Factor, Path, and Structural Equation Analysis

  • By John C. Loehlin
This book is intended as an introduction to multiple-latent-variable models. Confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis, and structural equation modeling have come out of specialized niches...

Published December 1st 2003 by Routledge/Psychpres.

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Foundations for Research

Foundations for Research

Methods of Inquiry in Education and the Social Sciences

  • Edited by Kathleen B. deMarrais, Stephen D. Lapan
Designed for introductory research courses in the professional fields and social sciences, this text acquaints students and beginning researchers with a broad view of research...

Published September 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Experiments With People

Experiments With People

Revelations From Social Psychology

  • By Robert P. Abelson, Kurt P. Frey, Aiden Gregg, Aiden Gregg
Experiments With People showcases 28 intriguing studies that have significantly advanced our understanding of human thought and social behavior. These studies, mostly laboratory experiments, shed...

Published July 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences

Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences

An Introduction

  • By Riccardo Russo
Do you find statistics overwhelming and confusing? Have you ever wished for someone to explain the basics in a clear and easy-to-follow style? This accessible...

Published June 19th 2003 by Psychology Press.

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Studying Service-Learning

Studying Service-Learning

Innovations in Education Research Methodology

  • Edited by Shelley H. Billig, Alan S. Waterman
This volume represents a breakthrough discussion of the research issues surrounding innovative pedagogies. Using service-learning as its focus, it explores ways in which researchers and...

Published April 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Black American Students in An Affluent Suburb

Black American Students in An Affluent Suburb

A Study of Academic Disengagement

  • By John U. Ogbu, With the Assist Davis
John Ogbu has studied minority education from a comparative perspective for over 30 years. The study reported in this book--jointly sponsored by the community and...

Published January 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Case Studies of Teacher Development

Case Studies of Teacher Development

An In-Depth Look at How Thinking About Pedagogy Develops Over Time

  • By Barbara B. Levin
This book represents the results of a 15-year longitudinal study based on in-depth case studies of the development of four teachers' pedagogical thinking. These studies...

Published December 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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Multicultural Issues in Literacy Research and Practice

Multicultural Issues in Literacy Research and Practice
  • Edited by Arlette Ingram Willis, Georgia Earnest Garcia, Rosalinda B. Barrera, Violet J. Harris
This volume brings together researchers and participants from diverse groups, reflecting the different ways in which the field of multicultural literacies has been interpreted. A...

Published November 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
  • By Jacob Cohen, Patricia Cohen, Stephen G. West, Leona S. Aiken

This classic text on multiple regression is noted for its nonmathematical, applied, and data-analytic approach. Readers profit from its verbal-conceptual exposition and frequent use of...

Published August 1st 2002 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Multilevel Analysis

Multilevel Analysis

Techniques and Applications

  • By Joop Hox
This book is an introduction to multilevel analysis for applied researchers featuring models for hierarchical or nested data. This book presents two types of models:...

Published April 1st 2002 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Multilevel Analysis

Multilevel Analysis

Techniques and Applications

  • By Joop Hox
This book is an introduction to multilevel analysis for applied researchers featuring models for hierarchical or nested data. This book presents two types of models:...

Published April 1st 2002 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences

Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences
  • By James P. Stevens

This best-selling text is written for those who use, rather than develop, advanced statistical methods. Dr. Stevens focuses on a conceptual understanding of the material...

Published August 1st 2001 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences

Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences
  • By James P. Stevens
This best-selling text is written for those who use, rather than develop, advanced statistical methods. Dr. Stevens focuses on a conceptual understanding of the material...

Published August 1st 2001 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Literary Practices As Social Acts

Literary Practices As Social Acts

Power, Status, and Cultural Norms in the Classroom

  • By Cynthia Lewis
This book examines the social codes and practices that shape the literary culture of a combined fifth/sixth-grade classroom. It considers how the social and cultural...

Published July 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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An Introduction to Psychological Tests and Scales

An Introduction to Psychological Tests and Scales
  • By Kate Loewenthal
In its first edition this book successfully enabled readers, with little or no prior knowledge of computing or statistics, to develop reliable and valid tests...

Published April 5th 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Structural Equation Modeling With AMOS

Structural Equation Modeling With AMOS

Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming

  • By Barbara Byrne

This book illustrates the ease with which AMOS 4.0 can be used to address research questions that lend themselves to structural equation modeling (SEM). This...

Published April 1st 2001 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Teacher Inquiries in Literacy Teaching-Learning

Teacher Inquiries in Literacy Teaching-Learning

Learning To Collaborate in Elementary Urban Classrooms

  • Edited by Christine C. Pappas, Liliana Barro Zecker, Liliana Zecker
This book consists of the reports of 13 urban elementary teacher researchers' year-long inquiries around literacy topics--conducted as part of a collaborative school-university action research...

Published January 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Transforming Literacy Curriculum Genres

Transforming Literacy Curriculum Genres

Working With Teacher Researchers in Urban Classrooms

  • Edited by Christine C. Pappas, Liliana Barro Zecker, Liliana Zecker
In this volume, university researchers and urban elementary teacher-researchers coauthor chapters on the teachers' year-long inquiries, on a range of literacy topics that they conducted...

Published January 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Sociocultural Research on Mathematics Education

Sociocultural Research on Mathematics Education

An International Perspective

  • Edited by Bill Atweh, Helen Forgasz, Ben Nebres
This volume--the first to bring together research on sociocultural aspects of mathematics education--presents contemporary and international perspectives on social justice and equity issues that impact...

Published January 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Structural Equation Modeling With AMOS

Structural Equation Modeling With AMOS

Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming

  • By Barbara Byrne

This book illustrates the ease with which AMOS 4.0 can be used to address research questions that lend themselves to structural equation modeling (SEM). This...

Published November 1st 2000 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Teachers Doing Research

Teachers Doing Research

The Power of Action Through Inquiry

  • Edited by Gail E. Burnaford, Joseph Fischer, David Hobson
Teachers are often reluctant to change their practices in response to each new staff development workshop that appears on the horizon. What then compels a...

Published November 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Statistical Thinking and Learning

Statistical Thinking and Learning

A Special Double Issue of mathematical Thinking and Learning

  • Edited by Brian Greer
Devoted to statistical thinking and learning, this special double issue reflects major developments within statistics education. During recent years, statistics has entered or gained increased...

Published May 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Item Response Theory for Psychologists

Item Response Theory for Psychologists
  • By Susan E. Embretson, Steven P. Reise

This book develops an intuitive understanding of IRT principles through the use of graphical displays and analogies to familiar psychological principles. It surveys contemporary IRT...

Published May 1st 2000 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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First Steps In Research and Statistics

First Steps In Research and Statistics

A Practical Workbook for Psychology Students

  • By Dennis Howitt, Duncan Cramer
First Steps in Research and Statistics is a new, very accessible approach to learning about quantitative methods. No previous knowledge or experience is assumed and...

Published April 6th 2000 by Routledge.

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Drawing Inferences From Self-selected Samples

Drawing Inferences From Self-selected Samples
  • Edited by Howard Wainer
This volume contains a collection of essays and discussions which serve as an introduction and guide to current research in the area of drawing inferences...

Published March 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Research Methods in Applied Settings

Research Methods in Applied Settings

An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis

  • By Jeffrey A. Gliner, George A. Morgan
The authors of this unique text found that while most students can "crunch" the numbers quite easily and accurately with a calculator or computer, many...

Published February 1st 2000 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Introducing Research and Data in Psychology

Introducing Research and Data in Psychology

A Guide to Methods and Analysis

  • By Ann Searle
Introducing Research and Data in Psychology shows how research design and data analysis are attainable and useful skills. It introduces both experimental and non-experimental methods...

Published May 20th 1999 by Routledge.

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A Student's Guide to Analysis of Variance

A Student's Guide to Analysis of Variance
  • By Maxwell Roberts, Riccardo Russo
In the investigation of human behaviour, statistical techniques are employed widely in the social sciences. Whilst introductory statistics courses cover essential techniques, the complexities of...

Published January 14th 1999 by Routledge.

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Inside Stories

Inside Stories

Qualitative Research Reflections

  • Edited by Kathleen B. deMarrais
Although articles reporting research studies are helpful in acquainting students with methodological approaches, they often make the process look so straightforward, clean, and effortless. It...

Published June 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Reflections on Statistics

Reflections on Statistics

Learning, Teaching, and Assessment in Grades K-12

  • Edited by Susanne P. Lajoie
An issue in the current push for reform in mathematics education is the call to address statistics at the precollege level. This volume represents the...

Published March 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Structural Equation Modeling With Lisrel, Prelis, and Simplis

Structural Equation Modeling With Lisrel, Prelis, and Simplis

Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming

  • By Barbara Byrne

This book illustrates the ease with which various features of LISREL 8 and PRELIS 2 can be implemented in addressing research questions that lend themselves...

Published March 1st 1998 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Modern Methods for Business Research

Modern Methods for Business Research
  • Edited by George A. Marcoulides
This volume introduces the latest popular methods for conducting business research. The goal of each chapter author--a leading authority in a particular subject area--is to...

Published March 1st 1998 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Composing a Teacher Study Group

Composing a Teacher Study Group

Learning About Inquiry in Primary Classrooms

  • By Richard J. Meyer, With Linda Brown, Elizabeth DeNino, Kimberly Larson, Mona McKenzie
There has been a flurry of writing about teachers as inquirers and researchers as well as books about children as inquirers. This volume brings these...

Published October 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Doing Qualitative Analysis In Psychology

Doing Qualitative Analysis In Psychology
  • Edited by Nick Hayes
In recent years, qualitative analysis has become accpeted as part of modern psychology. Concern about the limitations of conventional laboratory- based research combine with a...

Published July 2nd 1997 by Psychology Press.

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Academic Advancement in Composition Studies

Academic Advancement in Composition Studies

Scholarship, Publication, Promotion, Tenure

  • Edited by Richard C. Gebhardt, Barbara Genelle Smith Gebhardt, Barbara G.S. Gebhardt
This volume deals with a number of related issues that are becoming increasingly crucial for English studies during this time when most faculty in the...

Published October 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Learning From Data

Learning From Data

An Introduction To Statistical Reasoning

  • By Arthur M. Glenberg

Learning from Data focuses on how to interpret psychological data and statistical results. The authors’ review the basics of statistical reasoning to help students better...

Published April 1st 1996 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Statistics Explained

Statistics Explained

A Guide for Social Science Students

  • By Dr Perry R Hinton
Statistics Explained clearly outlines the major statistical tests used by undergraduates in the social sciences. It provides easy-to-understand explanations of how and why they are...

Published June 15th 1995 by Routledge.

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Statistics As Principled Argument

Statistics As Principled Argument
  • By Robert P. Abelson
In this illuminating volume, Robert P. Abelson delves into the too-often dismissed problems of interpreting quantitative data and then presenting them in the context of...

Published February 1st 1995 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Predictive Inference

Predictive Inference
  • By Seymour Geisser
The author's research has been directed towards inference involving observables rather than parameters. In this book, he brings together his views on predictive or...

Published June 1st 1993 by Chapman and Hall.

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Measurement, Design, and Analysis

Measurement, Design, and Analysis

An Integrated Approach

  • By Elazar J. Pedhazur, Liora Pedhazur Schmelkin
In textbooks and courses in statistics, substantive and measurement issues are rarely, if at all, considered. Similarly, textbooks and courses in measurement virtually ignore design...

Published May 1st 1991 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Principles of Test Theories

Principles of Test Theories
  • By Hoi K. Suen
Based on a tremendous increase in the development of psychometric theories in the past decade -- ranging from techniques for criterion-referenced testing to behavioral assessment,...

Published July 1st 1990 by Routledge.

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Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
  • By Jacob Cohen
Statistical Power Analysis is a nontechnical guide to power analysis in research planning that provides users of applied statistics with the tools they need for...

Published July 1st 1988 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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