Advanced Research Methods for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

by John E. Edlund, Austin Lee Nichols

Overview

Written by an interdisciplinary team of global experts covering diverse research methods - including research design, research tools, and statistical techniques - this volume focuses on advanced research methods for anyone working in the social and behavioral sciences. The information needed to perform research in the laboratory, the field, or online is mapped out to provide specific applications and tools in applying each method. The issues surrounding reliability, validity, and obtaining consent are explained alongside detailed descriptions of the impact of pre-knowledge on participant behavior, the ways that researchers unintentionally influence participants, and tips on administering suspicion probes and debriefings. The book then lays out bio-physiological measures, eye-tracking methods and technologies, the construction of questionnaires, and reaction-time methodologies without assuming too much prior knowledge. The basics of Bayesian analysis, item response analysis, social network analysis, and meta-analysis are also summarised as the editors combine innovative methods and statistics to showcase how to perform quality research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108441919
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/14/2019
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	386
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 9.96(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

John E. Edlund is Associate Professor of Psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, and serves as the Research Director of Psi Chi: The International Honor Society in Psychology. He has won numerous awards related to teaching and is passionate about the dissemination of psychological knowledge to the world.

Austin Lee Nichols is the Director of Research for the Connection Lab in San Francisco. Prior to this, he worked in various faculty positions around the world in both psychology and management. He has won awards for his teaching, research, and service from various international organizations.

Table of Contents

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1. A brief orientation to research methods and statistics for the social and behavioral sciences John E. Edlund and Austin Lee Nichols; Part I. Performing Good Research: 2. Reliability and validity of measurement in the social and behavioral sciences Michael F. Wagner and John J. Skowronski; 3. Performing research in the laboratory Austin Lee Nichols and John E. Edlund; 4. Field research Sinikka Elliott; 5. Using the internet for research Rosanna E. Guadagno; Part II. Understanding Issues Present throughout the Research Process: 6. Issues in informed consent David S. Festinger, Karen L. Dugosh, Esther Choi and Chloe Sierka; 7. Participant preknowledge and attitudes in research Elena C. Papanastasiou; 8. Experimenter effects David B. Strohmetz; 9. Suspicion probes and debriefing in the social and behavioral sciences Ginette C. Blackhart and Travis D. Clark; Part III. The Social and Behavioral Scientist's Toolkit: 10. Physiological measures Eric J. Vanman and Michael C. Philipp; 11. Eyetracking research Jeff B. Pelz; 12. Questionnaire design Heather M. Stassen and Heather J. Carmack; 13. Reaction time measures in the social and behavioral sciences: speed matters Jeremy D. Heider and Jason T. Reed; Part IV. Emerging Issues in Social and Behavioral Science Research: 14. Replications and the social and behavioural sciences Courtney K. Soderberg and Timothy M. Errington; 15. Research ethics for the social and behavioral sciences Ignacio Ferrero and Javier Pinto; 16. Interdisciplinary research Rachel Adams Goertel, James P. Goertel and Mary G. Carey; 17. Cross-cultural research Fons J. R. van de Vijver; Part V. New Statistical Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: 18. A gentle introduction to Bayesian statistics Milica Miočević and Rens van de Schoot; 19. Development and applications of item response theory Clifford E. Hauenstein and Susan E. Embretson; 20. Social network analysis Sebastian Leon Schorch and Eric Quintane; 21. Meta analysis: an introduction Gregory D. Webster; Appendix A: Metafor package R code for meta-analysis examples; Index.