Statistical Strategies for Small Sample Research

This book provides encouragement and strategies for researchers who routinely address research questions using data from small samples. Chapters cover such topics as: using multiple imputation software with small sets; computing and combining effect sizes; bootstrap hypothesis testing; when to use latent variable modeling; time-series data from small numbers of individuals; and sample size, reliability and tests of statistical mediation.

Wai Chan is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Wynne W. Chin is Associate Professor in the College of Business Administration at the University of Houston Rachel T. Fouladi is Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin John W. Graham is Professor of Biobehavioral Health at Pennsylvania State University Samuel B. Green is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology and Research in the School of Education at the University of Kansas Kit-Tai Hau is Lecturer on the Faculty of Education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Dominique M. A. Haughton is Associate Professor of Statistics in the Mathematical Sciences Department at Bentley College Scott L. Hershberger is Assistant Professor of Quantitative Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Kansas Rick H. Hoyle is Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Methodology and Statistics at the Center for Prevention Research at the University of Kentucky Robert A. R. G. Jansen is Statistical Researcher at the Department of Trade, Transport and Services of the Central Statistical Office, The Netherlands David A. Kenny is Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut Sharon H. Kramer is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University Janet G. Marquis is Director of the Research Design and Analysis Unit in the Institute for Life Span Studies at the University of Kansas Herbert W. Marsh is Research Professor of Education at the University of Western Sydney-Macarthur in Australia Scott E. Maxwell is Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame Cyrus R. Mehta is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health Peter C. M. Molenaar is Professor of Psychology at the University of Amsterdam John R. Nesselroade is Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia Peter R. Newsted is Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Calgary Johan H. L. Oud is Associate Professor of Longitudinal Assessment Methods in the Department of Special Education at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands Nitin R. Patel is Vice President and cofounder of Cytel Software Corporation and Visiting Professor of Management Science at the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. Robert Rosenthal is Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University Joseph L. Schafer is Assistant Professor of Statistics at Pennsylvania State University James H. Steiger is Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia Anre Venter is Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame Dennis D. Wallace is Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center Yiu-Fai Yung is Assistant Professor of Psychometrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill