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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2004. 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 a scholarly perspective, and the salient issues to consider in conceptualizing and conducting policy research. The emphasis is on introduce, as the various policy fields within the public sector (for example, education, energy, health, labor) are much too diverse to include in depth in a single volume on theoretical concepts and research methods. The focus is not so much on the substance of policymaking as on understanding the interplay between how policy is made and implemented and the various conceptual approaches and methods researchers can use to frame and conduct policy studies. The underlying assumption is that a critique of the substantive, theoretical, and methodological issues involved in studying policy can help researchers conduct policy studies that are more informative in guiding policy development and
Table of ContentsVolume 39, Number 2, 2004Contents: L.R. Goldberg, Introduction by Guest Editor. D.S. Nichols, Giving the Self a Voice in MMPI Self-Report: Jerry Wiggins and the Content Scales. E.B. Ansell, A.L. Pincus, Interpersonal Perception of the Five-Factor Model of Personality: An Examination Using the Structural Summary Method for Circumplex Data. M.S.M. Yik, J.A. Russell, On the Relationship Between Circumplexes: Affect and Wiggins' IAS. K.K. Trobst, L.E. Ayearst, R.T. Salekin, Where is the Personality in Personality Disorder Assessment? A Comparison Across Four Sets of Personality Disorder Scales. J.A. Johnson, The Impact of Item Characteristics on Item and Scale Validity. D.L. Paulhus, R.W. Robins, K.H. Trzesniewski, J.L. Tracy, Two Replicable Suppressor Situations in Personality Research. K. Lee, M.C. Ashton, Psychometric Properties of the HEXACO Personality Inventory. R. LaForge, The Early Development of the Interpersonal System of Personality (ISP).
