Quantitative Psychology Research (eBook) von L. Andries van der Ark

Item Response Theory.- Test Data.- Factor Analysis.- Structural Equation Modeling.- Cognitive Diagnostic Modeling.- Propensity Scores.- Multilevel Modeling.- Mediation Analysis.- Time Series.

These research articles from the 79th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) cover timely quantitative psychology topics, including new methods in item response theory, computerized adaptive testing, cognitive diagnostic modeling, and psychological scaling. Topics within general quantitative methodology include structural equation modeling, factor analysis, causal modeling, mediation, missing data methods, and longitudinal data analysis. These methods will appeal, in particular, to researchers in the social sciences. The 79th annual meeting took place in Madison, WI between July 21nd and 25th, 2014. Previous volumes to showcase work from the Psychometric Societys Meeting areNew Developments in Quantitative Psychology: Presentations from the 77th Annual Psychometric Society Meeting (Springer, 2013) andQuantitative Psychology Research: The 78th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society  (Springer, 2015).