Todd D. Little – The Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods (2 Volumes set)

Автор: Todd D. Little
Название книги: The Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods (2 Volumes set)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Психология
Страницы: 507+784
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

Research today demands the application of sophisticated and powerful research tools. Fulfilling this need, The Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods in Psychology is the complete tool box to deliver the most valid and generalizable answers to today's complex research questions. It is a one-stop source for learning and reviewing current best-practices in quantitative methods as practiced in the social, behavioral, and educational sciences.

Comprising two volumes, this handbook covers a wealth of topics related to quantitative research methods. It begins with essential philosophical and ethical issues related to science and quantitative research. It then addresses core measurement topics before delving into the design of studies. Principal issues related to modern estimation and mathematical modeling are also detailed. Topics in the handbook then segway into the realm of statistical inference and modeling with chapters dedicated to classical approaches as well as modern latent variable approaches. Numerous chapters associated with longitudinal data and more specialized techniques round out this broad selection of topics. Comprehensive, authoritative, and user-friendly, this two-volume set will be an indispensable resource for serious researchers across the social, behavioral, and educational sciences.
Oxford Introduction
Handbooks provide a crucial venue to communicate
the current state of the field. They also provide
a one-stop source for learning and reviewing current
best practices in a field. TheOxfordHandbook of
QuantitativeMethods serves both of these functions.
The field of quantitative methods is quite broad, as
you can probably imagine. I have tried to be thorough
in my selection of topics to be covered. As with
any handbook of this magnitude, some topics were
all set to have a contribution submitted, only to have
some unforeseen hindrance preclude its inclusion
at the last minute (e.g., graphical representations
of data, ecological inference, history of quantitative
methods). Some topics overlap with others and
may not have found their way to become a separate
chapter, but their fundamental elements are found
in parts of other chapters.
This handbook is one of many that Oxford
University Press (OUP) is assembling but will be
the capstone methodology handbook. As many of
you know, OUP is building a comprehensive and
synthetic Library of Handbooks covering the field
of psychology (the Editor-in-Chief of the library
is Peter Nathan, University of Iowa Foundation
Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Public
Health). The library comprises handbooks in the
truest sense of the word: books that summarize and
synthesize a topic, define the current scholarship,
and set the agenda for future research. Each handbook
is published as a bound book, and it will also
be developed for electronic delivery. In this format,
the content will be integrated across topics and available
as a fully integrated electronic library. I think
the idea of a comprehensive electronic library is very
forward-thinking. This format is a very attractive
opportunity to have a fully comprehensive and upto-
date handbook of methods in our field. Hence,
I agreed to take on the role of editor of The Oxford
Handbook of Quantitative Methods