Handbook of Developmental Research Methods

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Brett Laursen, Todd D. Little, Noel A. Card
Guilford Press, Feb 1, 2012 - Social Science - 788 pages
Appropriate for use in developmental research methods or analysis of change courses, this is the first methods handbook specifically designed to meet the needs of those studying development. Leading developmental methodologists present cutting-edge analytic tools and describe how and when to use them, in accessible, nontechnical language. They also provide valuable guidance for strengthening developmental research with designs that anticipate potential sources of bias. Throughout the chapters, research examples demonstrate the procedures in action and give readers a better understanding of how to match research questions to developmental methods. The companion website (www.guilford.com/laursen-materials) supplies data and program syntax files for many of the chapter examples.
 

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Contents

Chapter 1Foundational Issues of Design and Measurement in Developmental Research
3
Chapter 2Causal Inference Identification and Plausibility
17
Chapter 3Accelerated Longitudinal Designs
31
Chapter 4TimeScaleDependent Longitudinal Designs
46
Chapter 5Event Frequency Measurement
65
Chapter 6The Impact of Scaling and Measurement Methods on Individual Differences in Growth
82
Chapter 7Investigating Factorial Invariance in Longitudinal Data
109
Part IIApproaches to Data Collection
127
Chapter 23Foundational Issues in the Contemporary Modeling of Longitudinal Trajectories
385
Chapter 24Growth Curve Modeling from a Structural Equation Modeling Perspective
411
Chapter 25Growth Curve Modeling from a Multilevel Model Perspective
432
Chapter 26Nonlinear Growth Modeling
445
Chapter 27GroupBased Trajectory Modeling in Developmental Science
464
Chapter 28Longitudinal Mixture Models and the Identification of Archetypes
481
Chapter 29Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling
501
Part VINonindependent Data Analysis
519

Chapter 8Foundational Issues in Longitudinal Data Collection
129
Chapter 9The Use of LargeScale Data Sets for the Study of Developmental Science
148
Chapter 10Telemetrics and Online Data Collection
163
Chapter 11Collecting and Analyzing Longitudinal Diary Data
181
Chapter 12Retrospective Methods in Developmental Science
196
Chapter 13Peer Ratings
211
Part IIIInterindividual Longitudinal Analysis
229
Chapter 14Foundational Issues in Investigating Development as Interindividual Variation
231
Chapter 15Analysis of Experimental and QuasiExperimental Data
247
Chapter 16Autoregressive and CrossLagged Panel Analysis for Longitudinal Data
265
Chapter 17Analyzing Change between Two or More Groups
279
Chapter 18Mediation Models for Developmental Data
291
Part IVIntraindividual Longitudinal Analysis
311
Chapter 19Foundational Issues in Intraindividual Longitudinal Analysis
313
Chapter 20Dynamic Factor Analysis and Control of Developmental Processes
333
Chapter 21PTechnique Factor Analysis
350
Chapter 22Hazard Event History and Survival Modeling
364
Part VCombining Interindividual and Intraindividual Longitudinal Analysis
383
Chapter 30Foundational Issues in Nonindependent Data Analysis
521
Chapter 31Dyadic Data Analyses in a Developmental Context
537
Chapter 32Applying the Social Relations Model to Developmental Research
557
Chapter 33Analysis of Static Social Networks and Their Developmental Effects
577
Chapter 34ActorBased Model for Network and Behavior Dynamics
598
Part VIISpecial Topics in Data Analysis
619
Chapter 35Configural Frequency Analysis in Developmental Research
621
Chapter 36Cluster Analysis and Latent Class Clustering Techniques
645
Chapter 37MetaAnalysis in Developmental Science
667
Chapter 38Evaluating GeneEnvironment Interplay
687
Chapter 39Epidemic Models of the Onset of Social Activities
706
Chapter 40Dynamic Systems
725
Chapter 41Planned Missing Data Designs for Developmental Research
742
Author Index
755
Subject Index
768
About the Editors
783
Contributors
785
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Brett Paul Laursen,Todd D. Little,Noel A. Card
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About the author (2012)

Brett Laursen, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of Graduate Training at Florida Atlantic University. He is also a Docent Professor of Social Developmental Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. In 2008, Dr. Laursen received an honorary doctorate from Örebro University, Sweden. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 7, Developmental) and a Fellow and Charter Member of the Association for Psychological Science. In addition to his own research on parent-child and peer relationships, Dr. Laursen is a consultant and collaborator on several large longitudinal projects currently under way in North America and Europe.

Todd D. Little, PhD, is Professor of Educational Psychology and Leadership at Texas Tech University and founding Director of the Texas Tech University Research Institute. Dr. Little is past president of the American Psychological Association's Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics) and winner of the Division's 2013 Cohen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Mentoring. He organizes and teaches in the internationally renowned "Stats Camps" that he founded in 2002.

Noel A. Card, PhD, is Associate Professor in Family Studies and Human Development at the University of Arizona. His research centers on social development and quantitative methods, and especially the interface of these disciplines. Dr. Card's developmental research focuses on aggression and peer relations during childhood and adolescence; his quantitative interests include longitudinal analyses, analysis of interdependent data, and meta-analysis. He is a recipient of the Society for Research in Child Development's Early Career Research Award.


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TitleHandbook of Developmental Research Methods
EditorsBrett Laursen, Todd D. Little, Noel A. Card
PublisherGuilford Press, 2012
ISBN1609189515, 9781609189518
Length788 pages
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