Dear Colleagues, I am posting the below message for my colleague, John Edlund (and am one of the contributors to this new textbook). Check it out! ----- here's his message ------ Apologizes for cross-postings! I am excited to announce the publication of my new edited book! I believe that it is unlike anything else that is on the market. In addition to being one of the least expensive books on the market in research methods, this edited volume draws upon an interdisciplinary team across the social and behavioral sciences. Written by global experts (covering 6 continents) across a number of disciplines covering many aspects of research methods – including research design, research tools, and statistical techniques – I think it will invaluable to advanced undergraduates, graduate students and graduate courses, and as a bookshelf reference to professionals. Below is the table of contents. Please contact either of the editors (John E. Edlund: john.edlund@rit.edu; or Austin Lee Nichols austinleenichols@gmail.com) or Chuck Lamantia (clamantia@cambridge.org) at Cambridge University Press to be sent an evaluation copy. 1) A Brief Orientation to Research Methods and Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences 2) Reliability and Validity of Measurement in the Social and Behavioral Sciences 3) Performing Research in the Laboratory 4) Field Research 5) Using the Internet for Research 6) Issues in Informed Consent 7) Participant preknowledge and attitudes in research 8) Experimenter Effects 9) Suspicion Probes and Debriefing in the Social and Behavioral Sciences 10) Physiological Measures 11) Eyetracking Research 12) Questionnaire Design 13) Reaction Time Measures in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Speed Matters 14) Replications and the Social Sciences 15) Research Ethics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences 16) Interdisciplinary Research 17) Cross-Cultural Research 18) A Gentle introduction to Bayesian statistics 19) Development and Applications of Item Response Theory 20) Social Network Analysis 21) Meta Analysis: An Introduction ---- Best, Rosanna --- Rosanna E. Guadagno, Ph.D. Director, Information Warfare Working Group, Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies: ( http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-interactive-communic... ) Special Issue call for papers on Live Videos in Social Media: https://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers-special/international-journal-in...