Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology

This indispensable collection provides extensive, yet accessible, coverage of conceptual and practical issues in research design in personality and social psychology. Using numerous examples and clear guidelines, especially for conducting complex statistical analysis, leading experts address specific methods and areas of research to capture a definitive overview of contemporary practice. Updated and expanded, this third edition engages with the most important methodological innovations over the past decade, offering a timely perspective on research practice in the field. To reflect such rapid advances, this volume includes commentary on particularly timely areas of development such as social neuroscience, mobile sensing methods, and innovative statistical applications. Seasoned and early-career researchers alike will find a range of tools, methods, and practices that will help improve their research and develop new conceptual and methodological possibilities. Supplementary online materials are available on Cambridge Core.

Harry T. Reis, Professor of Psychology at the University of Rochester and past Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, has published over 250 papers and is known for methodological innovation. He has received career contribution awards from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the International Association for Relationship Research.

Tessa West, Professor of Psychology at New York University, is known for her methodological expertise and research on interpersonal perception. She has received the Louis Kidder Early Career Award and the Theoretical Innovation Prize from the Foundation of Personality and Social Psychology. She is also an elected fellow for the Association of Psychological Science and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

Charles M. Judd is College Professor of Distinction Emeritus at the University of Colorado–Boulder and Visiting Professor at Oxford University. He is past Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. He has won numerous awards, contributed more than 150 articles, and authored or edited a dozen books.