Cross-Cultural Research Methods in Psychology

by Edited by David Matsumoto , Fons J. R. van de Vijver

• ISBN13: 9780521765251
• ISBN10: 0521765250
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-11
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Provides state-of-the-art knowledge about the methodological problems that need addressing for a researcher to conduct valid and reliable cross-cultural research.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the methodological issues associated with cross-cultural research

Conceptual Issues and Design

Equivalence and bias: a review of concepts, models, and data analytic procedures

Translating and adapting tests for cross-cultural assessments

Making scientific sense of cultural differences in psychological outcomes: unpackaging the magnum mysterium

Sampling: the selection of cases for culturally comparative psychological research

Survey response styles across cultures

Data Analysis and Interpretation

Methods for investigating structural equivalence

Evaluating test and survey items for bias across languages and cultures

Effect sizes in cross-cultural research

Data-analytic approaches for investigating isomorphism between the individual-level and the cultural-level internal structure

Multilevel modeling and cross-cultural research

Cross-cultural meta-analysis

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