Statistical and methodological myths and urban legends
Subtitle: doctrine, verity, and fable in the organizational and social sciences
By: [edited by] Charles E. Lance & Robert J. Vandenberg.
Contributors: Lance, Charles E., 1954-; Vandenberg, Robert J.
Publisher: Routledge/Psychology Press; Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780805862379; 9780805862386
Subjects: Organization -- Research -- Methodology; Organization -- Research -- Statistical methods; Social sciences -- Statistical methods; Social sciences -- Research -- Statistical methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Statistical issues; title: Missing data techniques and low response rates : the role of systematic nonresponse parameters / Daniel A. Newman; title: The partial revival of a dead horse : comparing classical test theory and item response theory / Michael J. Zickar, Alison A. Broadfoot; title: Four common misconceptions in exploratory factor analysis / Deborah L. Bandalos, Meggen R. Boehm; title: Dr. Strangelove, or : how I learned to stop worrying and love omitted variables / Adam W. Meade, Tara S. Behrend, Charles E. Lance; title: The truth(s) on testing for mediation in the social and organizational sciences / James M. LeBreton, Jane Wu, Mark N. Bing; title: Seven deadly myths of testing moderation in organizational research / Jeffrey R. Edwards; title: Alternative model specifications in structural equation modeling : facts, fictions, and truth / Robert J. Vandenberg, Darrin M. Grelle; title: On the practice of allowing correlated residuals among indicators in structural equation models / Ronald S. Landis, Bryan D. Edwards, Jose M. Cortina; title: Methodological issues; title: Qualitative research : the red-headed stepchild in organizational and social science research? / Lillian T. Eby, Carrie S. Hurst, Marcus M. Butts; title: Do samples really matter that much? / Scott Highhouse, Jennifer Z. Gillespie; title: Sample size rules of thumb : evaluating three common practices / Herman Aguinis, Erika E. Harden; title: When small effect sizes tell a big story and when large effect sizes don't / Jose M. Cortina, Ronald S. Landis; title: Why ask me? are self-report data really that bad? / David Chan; title: If it ain't trait it must be method : (mis)application of the multitrait-multimethod design in organizational research / Charles E. Lance, Lisa E. Baranik, Abby R. Lau, Elizabeth A. Scharlau; title: Chopped liver? ok. chopped data? not ok. / Marcus M. Butts, Thomas W.H. Ng.