The Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods, Volume 1

Foundations

Edited by Todd D. Little

Oxford Library of Psychology

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The Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods, Volume 1

Foundations

Edited by Todd D. Little

Description

Research today demands the application of sophisticated and powerful research tools. Fulfilling this need, The Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods 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.

The Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods, Volume 1

Foundations

Edited by Todd D. Little

Oxford Library of Psychology

1. Introduction
Todd Little

2. The Philosophy of Quantitative Methods
Brian D. Haig

3. Quantitative Methods and Ethics
Ralph L. Rosnow and Robert Rosenthal

4. Special Populations
Keith F. Widaman, Dawnté R. Early, and Rand D. Conger

5. Theory Construction, Model Building, and Model Selection
James Jaccard

6. Teaching Quantitative Psychology
Lisa L. Harlow

7. Modern Test Theory
R. P. McDonald

8. The IRT Tradition and its Applications
R.J. de Ayala

9. Survey Design and Measure Development
Paul E. Spector

10. High Stakes Test Construction and Test Use
Neal M. Kingston and Laura B. Kramer

11. Effect Size and Sample Size Planning
Ken Kelley

12. Experimental Design for Causal Inference: Clinical Trials and Regression Discontinuity Designs
Kelly Hallberg, Coady Wing, Vivian Wong, and Thomas D. Cook

13. Matching and Propensity Scores
Peter M. Steiner and David Cook

14. Designs for and Analyses of Response Time Experiments
Trisha Van Zandt and James T. Townsend

15. Observational Methods
Jamie M. Ostrov and Emily J. Hart

16. A Primer of Epidemiologic Methods, Concepts, and Analysis with Examples and More Advanced Applications within Psychology
David E. Bard, Joseph L. Rodgers, and Keith E. Muller

17. Program Evaluation: Principles, Procedures, and Practices
Aurelio José Figueredo, Sally Gayle Olderbak, Gabriel Lee Schlomer, Rafael Antonio Garcia, and Pedro Sofio Abril Wolf

18. Overview of Statistical Estimation Methods
Ke-Hai Yuan and Christof Schuster

19. Robust Statistical Estimation
David M. Erceg-Hurn, Rand R. Wilcox, and Harvey J. Keselman

20. Bayesian Statistical Methods
David Kaplan and Sarah Depaoli

21. Mathematical Modeling
Daniel R. Cavagnaro, Jay I. Myung, and Mark A. Pitt

22. What Would Happen If...? Monte Carlo Analysis in Academic Research
P. E. Johnson

The Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods, Volume 1

Foundations

Edited by Todd D. Little

Oxford Library of Psychology

Author Information

Todd D. Little, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology, Director of the Quantitative Training Program, Director of the Undergraduate Social and Behavioral Sciences Methodology minor, and a member of the Developmental Training program.

Contributors:

Leona S. Aiken
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Rawni A. Anderson
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Luc Anselin
GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation
School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Amanda N. Baraldi
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

David E. Bard
Department of Pediatrics
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK

Theodore P. Beauchaine
Department of Psychology
Washington State University
Pullman, WA

Gabriëlla A.M. Blokland
Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
School of Psychology and Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia

Annette Brose
Max Plank Institute for Human Development
Berlin, Germany
Max Plank Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Leipzig, Germany

Timothy A. Brown
Department of Psychology
Boston University
Boston, MA

Trent D. Buskirk
Department of Community Health-Biostatistics Division
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

Noel A. Card
Family Studies and Human Development
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Deborah M. Casper
Family Studies and Human Development
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Daniel R. Cavagnaro
Department of Psychology
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Rand D. Conger
Department of Human and Community Development
University of California at Davis
Davis, CA

David Cook
Abt Associates Inc.

Thomas D. Cook
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Stefany Coxe
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

R.J. de Ayala
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

Sarah Depaoli
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Wisconsin Madison
Madison, WI

Cody S. Ding
College of Education
University of Missouri-St. Louis
St. Louis, MO

M. Brent Donnellan
Department of Psychology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Dawnté R. Early
Department of Human and Community Development
University of California at Davis
Davis, CA

Craig K. Enders
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

David M. Erceg-Hurn
School of Psychology
University of Western Australia
Crawley, WA, Australia

Aurelio José Figueredo
Department of Psychology
School of Mind, Brain, & Behavior
Division of Family Studies and Human Development
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Rafael Antonio Garcia
Department of Psychology
School of Mind, Brain, & Behavior
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Amanda C. Gottschall
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Michael J. Greenacre
Department of Economics and Business
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

Brian D. Haig
Department of Psychology
University of Canterbury
Canterbury, New Zealand

Kelly Hallberg
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Lisa L. Harlow
Department of Psychology
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Emily J. Hart
Department of Psychology
University at Buffalo
The State University of New York
Buffalo, NY

Kit-Tai Hau
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Joop J. Hox
Department of Methodology and Statistics
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands

James Jaccard
Department of Psychology
Florida International University
Boca Raton, FL

Kelly M. Kadlec
Department of Psychology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

David Kaplan
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Wisconsin Madison
Madison, WI

Ken Kelley
Department of Management
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

Harvey J. Keselman
Department of Psychology
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada

Neal M. Kingston
School of Education
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Yasemin Kisbu-Sakarya
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Laura B. Kramer
School of Education
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Todd Little
Department of Psychology
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Richard E. Lucas
Department of Psychology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

David P. MacKinnon
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Patrick Mair
Institute for Statistics and Mathematics
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Vienna, Austria

Herbert W. Marsh
Department of Education
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK

Katherine E. Masyn
Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

John J. McArdle
Department of Psychology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

R. P. McDonald

Sarah E. Medland
Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
School of Psychology
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia

Peter C. M. Molenaar
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Alexandre J.S. Morin
Department of Psychology
University of Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Miriam A. Mosing
Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
School of Psychology
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia

Keith E. Muller
Department of Health Outcomes and Policy
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Eun-Young Mun
Center of Alcohol Studies
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ

Alan T. Murray
GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation
School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Jay I. Myung
Department of Psychology
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Benjamin Nagengast
Department of Education
Oxford University
Oxford, UK

Sally Gayle Olderbak
Department of Psychology
School of Mind, Brain, & Behavior
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Jamie M. Ostrov
Department of Psychology
University at Buffalo
The State University of New York
Buffalo, NY

Trond Peterson
Department of Sociology
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Mark A. Pitt
Department of Psychology
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Larry R. Price
College of Education and College of Science
Texas State University-San Marcos
San Marcos, TX

Nilam Ram
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Max Plank Institute for Human Development
Berlin, Germany

Sergio J. Rey
GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation
School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Joseph L. Rodgers
Department of Psychology
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK

Robert Rosenthal
Department of Psychology
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA

Ralph L. Rosnow
Department of Psychology
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

André A. Rupp
Department of Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation (EDMS)
University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Gabriel Lee Schlomer
Division of Family Studies and Human Development
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Christof Schuster
Department of Psychology
Justus-Liebig-Unversitat Giessen
Giessen, Germany

James P. Selig
Department of Psychology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM

Paul E. Spector
Department of Psychology
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Peter M. Steiner
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI

Bruce Thompson
Texas A&M University
Baylor College of Medicine
Austin, TX

Terry T. Tomazic
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

James T. Townsend
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN

Trisha Van Zandt
Department of Psychology
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Alexander von Eye
Departments of Psychology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria

Stefan von Weber
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Hochschule Furtwangen University
Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, Germany

Karin J.H. Verweij
Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
School of Psychology
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia

Theodore A. Walls
Department of Behavioral Science
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Lihshing Leigh Wang
Educational Studies Program
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

Amber S. Watts
Lifespan Institute, Gerontology Center
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

William W.S. Wei
Department of Statistics
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Zhonglin Wen
South China Normal University

Stephen G. West
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Keith F. Widaman
Department of Psychology
University of California at Davis
David, CA

Rand R. Wilcox
Department of Psychology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Lisa M. Willoughby
Department of Psychology
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

Coady Wing
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Pedro Sofio Abril Wolf
Department of Psychology
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa

Vivian Wong
School of Education and Social Policy
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Carol M. Woods
Department of Psychology
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Wei Wu
Department of Psychology
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Ke-Hai Yuan
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN