Judgment Studies: Design, Analysis, and Meta-Analysis (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction) - Hardcover

Rosenthal, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521331919 ISBN 13: 9780521331913

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1987

Synopsis

Because of the complexity of human behaviour a great many research variables must be constructed from the building blocks of human judgement. A teacher's warmth, a psychotherapist's ability to create rapport, a patient's inner state - these all tend ultimately to be defined by the judgements of others. The purpose of this book is to describe the design, the analysis and the meta-analysis of studies employing judgements in sufficient detail that readers can conduct such studies, and more wisely evaluate them. While the author's examples are drawn primarily from research on non-verbal behaviour, the book is designed for any investigators employing judges, observers, raters, coders, or decoders, whether or not the behaviour being assessed is non-verbal. Judgment Studies: Design, Analysis, and Meta-Analysis constitutes a unique resource for advanced students and researchers in the behavioural and social sciences. It offers the first integrated summary of methodological issues in judgement studies, and the first guide to their planning and analysis.

About this title

Book Description

A detailed description of the design, analysis and meta-analysis of studies employing judgments will permit readers of this work to conduct and evaluate similar studies more wisely.

Review

"...invites the interest of any who would evaluate judgment studies or learn to conduct them...a valuable source of guidance..." Contemporary Psychology

"...consistently clear and characterized by admirable good sense." Contemporary Sociology

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0521331919
• ISBN 13: 9780521331913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 268