Best Practices In Quantitative Methods [EPUB]

E-Book Overview

The contributors to<strong>Best Practices in Quantitative Methodsenvision quantitative methods in the 21st century, identify the best practices, and, where possible, demonstrate the superiority of their recommendations empirically. Editor<strong>Jason W. Osbornedesigned this book with the goal of providing readers with the most effective, evidence-based, modern quantitative methods and quantitative data analysis across the social and behavioral sciences. The text is divided into five main sections covering select best practices in Measurement, Research Design, Basics of Data Analysis, Quantitative Methods, and Advanced Quantitative Methods. Each chapter contains a current and expansive review of the literature, a case for best practices in terms of method, outcomes, inferences, etc., and broad-ranging examples along with any empirical evidence to show why certain techniques are better. <strong>Key Features: <em>Describes important implicit knowledge to readers:The chapters in this volume explain the important details of seemingly mundane aspects of quantitative research, making them accessible to readers and demonstrating why it is important to pay attention to these details. <em>Compares and contrasts analytic techniques:The book examines instances where there are multiple options for doing things, and make recommendations as to what is the "best" choice--or choices, as what is best often depends on the circumstances. <em>Offers new procedures to update and explicate traditional techniques:The featured scholars present and explain new options for data analysis, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the new procedures in depth, describing how to perform them, and demonstrating their use. <strong>Intended Audience:Representing the vanguard of research methods for the 21st century, this book is an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers who want a comprehensive, authoritative resource for practical and sound advice from leading experts in quantitative methods.

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E-Book Information

• Year: 2,007

• Edition: ebook

• Pages: 608

• Language: English

• Topic: 198

• Identifier: 1483333051,9781483333052

• Org File Size: 6,686,319

• Extension: epub

• Tags: statistics, psychology, psychometrics, structural equation modeling, measurement error, Bayesian statistics, R, Rasch model

• Toc: Using Best Practices Is a Moral and Ethical Obligation Jason W. Osborne 1.  The New Stats: Attitudes for the 21st Century Fiona Fidler and Geoff Cumming Part I: Best Practices in Measurement 2.  Setting Standards and Establishing Cut Scores on Criterion-Referenced Assessments: Some Technical and Practical Considerations J. Thomas Kellow and Victor L. Willson 3.  Best Practices in Interrater Reliability: Three Common Approaches Steven E. Stemler and Jessica Tsai 4.  An Introduction to Rasch Measurement Cherdsak Iramaneerat, Everett V. Smith Jr., and Richard M. Smith 5.  Applications of the Multifaceted Rasch Model Edward W. Wolfe and Lidia Dobria 6.  Best Practices in Exploratory Factor Analysis Jason W. Osborne, Anna B. Costello, and J. Thomas Kellow Part II: Selected Be