Measuring and Analyzing Behavior in Organizations Advances in Measurement and Data Analysis

by Drasgow, Fritz; Schmitt, Neil

• ISBN13: 9780787953010
• ISBN10: 0787953016
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-16
• Publisher: Pfeiffer
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Summary

Measuring and Analyzing Behavior in Organizations brings together the latest advances in measurement and data analysis, providing accessible, current discussions of measurement, applied statistics, research methods, and data analysis. The book details the range of problems that can be addressed with these new approaches, answering the more complex questions with sophisticated analyses that can extract more information from the data than simpler methods. The contributors provide workable solutions to many previously intractable problems, including those that require measuring change, studying person-environment fit, understanding the effects of error, and more.

Author Biography

Fritz Drasgow is a professor of psychology and director of the Center for Human Resources Management at the University of Illinois. He is also the current chair of Scientific Affairs at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Neal Schmitt is University Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management and chair of the psychology department at Michigan State University. He is the editor of SIOP's Organizational Frontiers series.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Neal Schmitt
Preface	xvii
The Contributors	xix
Part One: Introduction
Applied Problems and Methods of Analysis: A Road Map	3	(14)
Neal Schmitt
Fritz Drasgow
Part Two: Description and Measurement of Variables
The Grounded Theory Approach to Qualitative Research	17	(27)
Karen Locke
Computer Based Advances in Assessment	44	(44)
Julie B. Olson-Buchanan
Item Response Theory for Dichotomous Assessment Data	88	(35)
Steven Paul Reise
Niels G. Waller
Modeling Data with Polytomous Item Response Theory	123	(33)
Michael J. Zickar
Differential Item and Test Functioning	156	(33)
Nambury S. Raju
Barbara B. Ellis
Generalizability Theory	189	(32)
Richard P. DeShon
Confirmatory Factor Analysis	221	(36)
Charles E. Lance
Robert J. Vandenberg
Part Three: Examining the Interrelationships Among Variables and Testing Substantive Hypotheses
Structural Equation Modeling: A User's Guide	257	(45)
Roger E. Miilsap
Latent Growth Modeling	302	(48)
David Chan
Alternatives to Difference Scores: Polynomial Regression Analysis and Response Surface Methodology	350	(51)
Jeffrey R. Edwards
Multilevel Random Coefficient Modeling in Organizational Research: Examples Using SAS and S-PLUS	401	(45)
Paul D. Bliese
Structure and Timing in Limited Range Dependent Variables: Regression Models for Predicting If and When	446	(52)
David A. Harrison
Computational Modeling in Organizational Sciences: Contributions of a Third Research Discipline	498	(36)
Charles Hulin
Andrew G. Miner
Steven T. Seitz
Meta-Analysis: A Review of Quantitative Cumulation Methods	534	(37)
Hannah R. Rothstein
Michael A. McDaniel
Michael Borenstein
Name Index	571	(14)
Subject Index	585