Observation Oriented Modeling
Analysis of Cause in the Behavioral Sciences
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This book introduces a new data analysis technique that addresses long standing criticisms of the current standard statistics. Observation Oriented Modelling presents the mathematics and techniques underlying the new method, discussing causality, modelling, and logical hypothesis testing. Examples of how to approach and interpret data using OOM are presented throughout the book, including analysis of several classic studies in psychology. These analyses are conducted using comprehensive software for the Windows operating system.
Key Features
- Describes the problems that statistics are meant to answer, why popularly used statistics often fail to fully answer the question, and how OOM overcomes these obstacles
- Chapters include examples of statistical analysis using OOM
Readership
Research/experimental psychologists
Table of Contents
Foreword
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Data at Its Core
Chapter 3. Rotating Deep Structures
Chapter 4. Modeling with Deep Structures
Chapter 5. Statistics and Null Hypothesis Significance Testing
Chapter 6. Modeling and Inferential Statistics
Chapter 7. Modeling and Effect Sizes
Chapter 8. Measurement and Additive Structures
Chapter 9. Cause and Effect
Chapter 10. Coda
References
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 256
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2011
- Published: March 30, 2011
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780123851949
- eBook ISBN: 9780123851956
About the Author
James Grice
James W. Grice (B.S., Wright State University; Ph.D., University of new Mexico) is a professor of psychology at Oklahoma State University. his work appears in such journals as Multivariate Behavioral Research, Psychological Methods, and the Journal of Personality. His computer program, Idiogrid, is in circulation in over 30 different countries worldwide.
Affiliations and Expertise
Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA