Advanced Research Methods For The Social And Behavioral Sciences

✍ Scribed by John E. Edlund, Austin Lee Nichols

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 390
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter......Page 3
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
List of Figures......Page 11
List of Tables - Advanced Research Methods for the Social and Behavioral Sciences......Page 13
Contributors......Page 14
Chapter 1 A Brief Orientation to Research Methods.........Page 17
Performing Good Research (Part One)......Page 35
Chapter 2 Reliability and Validity of Measurement in the Social and Behavioral Sciences......Page 37
Chapter 3 Performing Research in the Labor......Page 54
Chapter 4 Field Research......Page 69
Chapter 5 Using the Internet for Research......Page 84
Understanding Issues Present Throughout the Research Process (Part Two)......Page 99
Chapter 6 Issues in Informed Consent......Page 101
Chapter 7 Participant Preknowledge and Attitudes......Page 119
Chapter 8 Experimenter Effects......Page 131
Chapter 9 Suspicion Probes and Debriefi Social and Behavioral Sciences......Page 145
The Social and Behavioral Scientist’s Toolkit (Part Three)......Page 161
Chapter 10 Physiological Measures......Page 163
Chapter 11 Eyetracking Research......Page 184
Chapter 12 Questionnaire Design......Page 207
Chapter 13 Reaction Time Measures in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Speed Matters......Page 225
Emerging Issues in Social and Behavioral Science Research (Part Four)......Page 243
Chapter 14 Replications and the Social and Behavioral Sciences......Page 245
Chapter 15 Research Ethics for the Social and......Page 260
Chapter 16 Interdisciplinary Research......Page 274
Chapter 17 Cross-Cultural Research......Page 290
New Statistical Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Part Five)......Page 303
Chapter 18 A Gentle Introduction to Bayesian......Page 305
Chapter 19 Development and Applications of Item......Page 325
Chapter 20 Social Network Analysis......Page 344
Chapter 21 Meta-Analysis: An Introduction......Page 362
(Appendix A) Metafor Package R Code for Meta-Analysis Examples......Page 381
Index......Page 384
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✦ Subjects

Social Sciences: Methodology, Psychology: Research: Methodology