FPG Publications on Research Methods
Curran, P. J., Bauer, D. J., Willoughby, M.T. (in press). Testing and probing interactions in hierarchical linear growth models. In C. S. Bergeman & S. M. Boker (Eds.), The Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology, Vol. 1: Methodological issues in aging research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Skinner, D., Matthews, S., & Burton, L. (2005). Combining ethnography and GIS to examine constructions of developmental opportunities in contexts of poverty and disability. In T. Weisner (Ed.), Discovering successful pathways in children's development: New methods in the study of childhood and family life (pp. 223-239). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Curran, P. J., Bauer, D. J., & Willoughby, M. T. (2004). Testing and probing main effects and interactions in latent curve analysis. Psychological Methods, 9 (2), 220-237.
Bender, D., & Castro, D. (2004). Exploring the birth-weight paradox with a photo narrative technique. In P. R. Ulin, E. T. Robinson, E. E. Tolley & E. T. McNeill (Eds.), Qualitative Methods: A field guide for applied research in sexual and reproductive health (2nd ed., pp. 103-105). Research Triangle Park, NC: Family Health International.
Lanza, S. T., Flaherty, B. P., & Collins, L. M. (2003). Latent class and latent transition analysis. In J. A. Schinka & W. F. Velicer (Eds.), Research Methods in Psychology (pp. 663-685). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Tyuptya, O., & Paraschiv, I. (2002). Methods of psychocorrection for work with people with special needs. Practical Psychology and Social Work, 4 (41), 8-11.
Thissen, D., Nelson, L., & Swygert, K. (2001). Item response theory applied to combinations of multiple-choice and constructed-response items--Approximation methods for scale scores. In D. Thissen & H. Wainer (Eds.), Test scoring (pp. 293-342). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Lyles R., Taylor D., Hanfelt J., & Kupper, L. (2001). An alternative parametric approach for discrete missing data problems. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 30 (10), 1969-1988.
Boccia, M. L., & Roberts, J. E. (2000). Computer-assisted integration of physiological and behavioral measures. In T. Thompson, D. Felce & F. J. Symons (Eds.), Computer-assisted behavioral observational methods for developmental disabilities (pp. 83-97). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
Boccia, M. L., & Roberts, J. E. (2000). Behavior and autonomic nervous system function as assessed via heart activity. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments and Computers, 32 (1), 5-10.
Swartz, C. W., Hooper, S. R., Wakely, M. B., de Kruif, R. E. L., Reed, M., Brown, T. T., & Levine, M. (1999). Using generalizability theory to estimate the reliability of writing scores derived from holistic and analytical scoring methods. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 59 (3), 492-506.
Burchinal, M. R. (1999). Statistical methods for describing developmental patterns. Early Education and Development, 10 (1), 83-99.
McWilliam, R. A. (1998). Case study methods. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina, FPG Child Development Center, Early Childhood Research Institute on Service Utilization.
LaVange, L., Keyes, L. L., Koch, G., Margolis, P. (1994). Application of survey sample methods for modeling ratios to incidence densities. Journal of Statistics in Medicine, 13 (4), 343-355.
