The Cambridge Handbook of Research Methods and Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Volume 1: Building a Program of Research

The first of three volumes, the five sections of this book cover a variety of issues important in developing, designing, and analyzing data to produce high-quality research efforts and cultivate a productive research career. First, leading scholars from around the world provide a step-by-step guide to doing research in the social and behavioral sciences. After discussing some of the basics, the various authors next focus on the important building blocks of any study. In section three, various types of quantitative and qualitative research designs are discussed, and advice is provided regarding best practices of each. The volume then provides an introduction to a variety of important and cutting-edge statistical analyses. In the last section of the volume, nine chapters provide information related to what it takes to have a long and successful research career. Throughout the book, example and real-world research efforts from dozens of different disciplines are discussed.

Austin Lee Nichols is Associate Professor of Organizational Psychology at Central University in Vienna, Austria. Prior to his current position, he worked in various faculty and research positions around the world in both Psychology and Management. He has published in journals across a variety of research disciplines and has won awards for his teaching, research, and service from various global institutions.

John E. Edlund is Professor of Psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, and serves as the Research Director of Psi Chi: The International Honor Society in Psychology. He has won numerous awards related to teaching and is passionate about the improvement of research methods and the dissemination of psychological knowledge to the world.