Description
Book SynopsisThe 14th Volume in the Organizational frontiers Series, Sponsored by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. This comprehensive and up-to-date resource that examines most important areas of measurement, applied statistics, research methods, and data analysis.
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Table of ContentsForeword (Neal Schmitt).
Preface.
The Contributors.
Part One: Introduction.
1. Applied Problems and Methods of Analysis: A Road Map (NealSchmitt, Fritz Drasgow).
Part Two: Description and Measurement of Variables.
2. The Grounded Theory Approach to Qualitative Research (KarenLocke).
3. Computer-Based Advances in Assessment (Julie B.Olson-Buchanan).
4. Item Response Theory for Dichotomous Assessment Data (StevenPaul Reise, Niels G. Waller).
5. Modeling Data with Polytomous Item Response Theory (Michael J.Zickar).
6. Differential Item and Test Functioning (Nambury S. Raju, BarbaraB. Ellis).
7. Generalizability Theory (Richard P. DeShon).
8. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (Charles E. Lance, Robert J.Vandenberg).
Part Three: Examining the Interrelationships Among Variables andTesting Substantive Hypotheses.
9. Structural Equation Modeling: A User's Guide (Roger E.Millsap).
10. Latent Growth Modeling (David Chan).
11. Alternatives to Difference Scores: Polynomial RegressionAnalysis and Response Surface Methodology (Jeffrey R.Edwards).
12. Multilevel Random Coefficient Modeling in OrganizationalResearch: Examples Using SAS and S-PLUS (Paul D. Bliese).
13. Structure and Timing in Limited Range Dependent Variables:Regression Models for Predicting If and When (David A.Harrison).
14. Computational Modeling in Organizational
Sciences: Contributions of a Third Research Discipline (CharlesHulin, Andrew G. Miner, Steven T. Seitz).
15. Meta-Analysis: A Review of Quantitative Cumulation Methods(Hannah R. Rothstein, Michael A. McDaniel, MichaelBorenstein).
Name Index.
Subject Index.
