Friday, July 26, 2013

Advising on research methods: Selected topics 2011

A similar publication as the one mentioned in the previous post, did appear the year before, following the same format. The title is:

Advising on research methods: Selected topics 2011
Edited by Herman J. Adèr and Gideon J. Mellenbergh

also published by Johannes van Kessel.
The paperback edition is sold out. But a eBook/iBook version is still available. This booklet is also indexed for Google Books. For more information, see it's website.

Table of contents:



From research question to statistical model
by Anja Sommavilla and Corinne Brenner
Pitfalls and payoffs in Internet sampling
by Corinne Brenner and Charlotte M. W. Gaasterland
Introduction to Computerized Adaptive Testing
by César-Reyer Vroom and Daniel A. Bannan
A critique of stepwise model selection methods
by Daniel A. Bannan and César-Reyer Vroom
A short introduction into survival analysis
by Charlotte M. W. Gaasterland and Mattis van den Bergh
On the relevance of mixed methods
by Mattis van den Bergh and Anja Sommavilla

Advising on research methods: Selected topics 2012


During last year's course `Advising on research methods' given at the Department of psychological methods by Don Mellenbergh and myself, participants (master's students) wrote papers on methodological topics which were afterwards collected in a booklet entitled:

Advising on research methods: Selected topics 2012
Edited by Herman J. Adèr and Gideon J. Mellenbergh

The booklet is published by Johannes van Kessel (ISBN 97-890-79418-21-3).
Since the papers were carefully reviewed, the contributions are of high quality.
The table of contents is:


Measurement Invariance
by Jonas Dalege and Loes Kreemers
A Comparison of Classical Test Theory
and Item Response Theory
by Marie K. Deserno
Unit nonresponse in Surveys
by Milou K. M. Lünnemann
Effect size: A meta-analytic perspective
by Adam Sasiadek and David Scholz
Outliers and Extreme Observations:
What are they and how to handle them?
by Suzan Q. Blommestijn and Esther A. Lietaert Peerbolte
Questionable research practices and scientific fraud
by Jochem Bout




The booklet is also available as an eBook/iBook.
For more information see the website of the booklet.

Herman