Research Methods in Social Relations

Geoffrey Maruyama is Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota, USA. His books include Basics of Structural Equation Modeling (1998) and Research in Educational Settings (with Stanley Deno, 1992). He is a former President and Secretary Treasurer of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). Carey S. Ryan is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA. She is co-author of Data Analysis: A Model Comparison Approach (2nd ed., 2009) with Charles M. Judd and Gary H. McClelland.

• Preface to the Eighth Edition xvAcknowledgments xixAbout the Companion Website xxPart I Underpinnings of Social Relations Research 1Chapter 1 Ways of Thinking and Knowing 3Chapter 2 Doing Social Science Research 29Chapter 3 Ethical Principles 53Chapter 4 Roles and Relations among Researchers, Practitioners, and Participants in Engaged Research 81Chapter 5 Research in Laboratory Settings 107Chapter 6 Research in Field and Community-Based Settings 139Part II Research Approaches in Social Relations Research 161Chapter 7 Measurement and Reliability 163Chapter 8 Evaluating the Construct Validity of Measures 201Chapter 9 Sampling Methods 229Chapter 10 Randomized Experiments 257Chapter 11 Quasi-Experimental and Other Nonrandomized Designs 291Chapter 12 Non-Experimental Research 323Chapter 13 Qualitative Research 365Chapter 14 Survey Research 391Chapter 15 Evaluation Research 413Chapter 16 Mixed Methods Approaches: Learning from Complementary Methods 437Part III Analysis and Writing 453Chapter 17 Critically Reviewing Research Reports and Literatures 455Chapter 18 Writing the Research Report 485References 513Index 535