Measuring Psychological Constructs: Advances in Model-Based Approaches

This book offers integrative and clear presentations about the limitations of statistical tests and reviews alternative methods of data analysis, such as effect size estimation (at both the group and case levels) and interval estimation (i.e., confidence intervals). Readers will learn how to measure effect size on continuous or dichotomous outcomes in comparative studies with independent or dependent samples. Numerous research examples from a wide range of areas illustrate the application of these principles and how to estimate substantive significance instead of just statistical significance.

Qualitative Research in Psychology: Expanding Perspectives in Methodology and Design Edited by Paul M. Camic, Jean E. Rhodes, and Lucy Yardley

Qualitative methodologies and the different paradigms that guide them can be seen as both an alternative and complementary approach to quantification and positivism in social, personality, developmental, health, clinical, counseling, community and school psychology. Viewed as a complementary approach to research, qualitative methodology can be utilized alongside quantitative methods, bringing a new depth and richness to data analysis.