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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 245 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Getting started : working with secondary data / Amy M. Pienta, JoAnne McFarland O'Rourke, and Melissa M. Franks -- Managing and using secondary data sets with multidisciplinary research teams / J. Douglas Willms -- On creating and using short forms of scales in secondary research / Keith F. Widaman ... [et al.] -- Analyzing survey data with complex sampling designs / Patrick E. Shrout and Jaime L. Napier -- Missing data in secondary data analysis / Patrick E. McKnight and Katherine M. McKnight -- Innovative methods within the context of secondary data : examples from household panel surveys / Thomas Siedler, Jürgen Schupp, and Gert G. Wagner -- The use of secondary data in adult development and aging research / Daniel K. Mroczek ... [et al.] -- Using secondary data to test questions about the genetic basis of behavior / Michelle B. Neiss, Constantine Sedikides, and Jim Stevenson -- Secondary data analysis in psychopathology research / Nicholas R. Eaton and Robert F. Krueger -- Using secondary data to study adolescence and adolescent development / Stephen T. Russell and Eva Matthews -- Using secondary data to advance cross-cultural psychology / Evert Van de Vliert -- Using the American national election study surveys to test social psychological hypotheses / Daniel Schneider, Matthew DeBell, and Jon A. Krosnick -- Family-level variance in verbal ability change in the intergenerational studies / Kevin J. Grimm, John J. McArdle, and Keith F. Widaman. |
| Summary |
"The use of secondary data, or existing data that is freely available to researchers who were not involved in the original study, has a long and rich tradition in the social sciences. In recent years, the internet has made secondary datasets readily available at the click of a mouse. And yet, whether due to a lack of methodological training or as part of a broader indifference to alternative data collection strategies, psychologists have been surprisingly slow to utilize these useful resources. Secondary Data Analysis: An Introduction for Psychologists provides students and seasoned researchers alike with an accessible introduction to secondary analysis. The book is divided into two sections: Part I provides psychologists with a set of accessible methodological primers, including chapters on using short forms of scales; analyzing survey data with complex sampling designs; and dealing with missing data. (Readers are assumed to possess a working knowledge of multivariate analysis.) Chapters in Part II provide compelling examples of secondary data analysis in various kinds of psychological research, including development and aging, behavioral genetics, cross-cultural psychology, and the psychology of political affiliation. This wide-ranging yet practical book shows how the analysis of secondary data can provide unique and compelling opportunities for advancing psychological science"--Publicity materials. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Description based on print version record |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Methodology.
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Psychometrics.
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Psychology -- methods.
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Psychometrics.
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| Added Author |
Trzesniewski, Kali H.
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Donnellan, M. Brent.
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Lucas, Richard E. (Richard Eric), 1971-
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American Psychological Association.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Secondary data analysis : an introduction for psychologists. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2011. (OCoLC)606051658 (DLC) 2010010687 9781433808760 |
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