Measuring and Analyzing Behavior in Organizations bringstogether the latest advances in measurement and data analysis,providing accessible, current discussions of measurement, appliedstatistics, research methods, and data analysis. The book detailsthe range of problems that can be addressed with these newapproaches, answering the more complex questions with sophisticatedanalyses that can extract more information from the data thansimpler methods. The contributors provide workable solutions tomany previously intractable problems, including those that requiremeasuring change, studying person-environment fit, understandingthe effects of error, and more.
Book Details:
- Author: Fritz Drasgow
- ISBN: 9780470333617
- Year Published: 2001
- Pages: 624
- BISAC: BUS000000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/General
About the Book and Topic:
Measuring and Analyzing Behavior in Organizations bringstogether the latest advances in measurement and data analysis,providing accessible, current discussions of measurement, appliedstatistics, research methods, and data analysis. The book detailsthe range of problems that can be addressed with these newapproaches, answering the more complex questions with sophisticatedanalyses that can extract more information from the data thansimpler methods. The contributors provide workable solutions tomany previously intractable problems, including those that requiremeasuring change, studying person-environment fit, understandingthe effects of error, and more.
Doctoral programs in I/O Psychology, HR, and Org Behavior provide a good foundation in statistics, measurement, and research methods. However, the innovations of statisticians, psychometricians, and methodologists cause these fields to be dynamic and constantly changing; the material learned in graduate school quickly becomes dated. Researchers and practitioners who are looking for new or updated methods of measurement and data analysis must spend countless hours tracking down and reading highly technical articles from a variety of journals devoted to these topics. This new Org. Frontiers volume fills this gap by providing readable, up-to-date discussions of many of the most important areas of measurement and data analysis.
This new volume provides readable, up-to-date discussions of many of the most important areas of measurement, applied statistics, research methods, and data analysis. Each chapter in this handy resource includes a description of the method and the assumptions about the data that must be satisfied to use the analysis appropriately, the types of problems that one could or should address with the approach, the limitations of the method and the extent to which the method is robust to violations of its assumptions, and an instructive example that illustrates the advantages of the approach and highlights the way it should be used. Using this book researchers and practitioners will find the newest methods and techniques to solve their problems.
About the Author
Fritz Drasgow is a professor of psychology and director of theCenter for Human Resources Management at the University ofIllinois. He is also the current chair of Scientific Affairs at theSociety for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Neal Schmitt is University Distinguished Professor of Psychologyand Management and chair of the psychology department at MichiganState University. He is the editor of SIOP’s OrganizationalFrontiers series.