Counteracting Methodological Errors in Behavioral Research

• Main Author: Mellenbergh, Gideon J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Psychology-Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Education-Research.; Sociology-Research.; Industrial psychology.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.; Research Methods in Education.; Research Methodology.; Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

This book describes methods to prevent avoidable errors and to correct unavoidable ones within the behavioral sciences. A distinguishing feature of this work is that it is accessible to students and researchers of substantive fields of the behavioral sciences and related fields (e.g., health science...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Probability sampling
• 3 Nonprobability sampling
• 4 Random assignment
• 5 Propensity scores
• 6 Situational bias
• 7 Random measurement error
• 8 Systematic measurement error
• 9 Unobtrusive measurements
• 10 Test dimensionality
• 11 Coefficients for bivariate relations
• 12 Null hypothesis testing
• 13 Unstandardized effect sizes
• 14 Pretest-posttest change
• 15 Reliability
• 16 Missing data
• 17 Outliers
• 18 Interactions and specific hypotheses
• 19 Publishing
• 20 Scientific misconduct.