{"id":258,"date":"2014-02-27T17:18:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T16:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jvank.nl\/publishing\/?page_id=258"},"modified":"2016-11-14T20:45:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T19:45:47","slug":"advising-on-research-methods-a-consultants-companion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jvank.nl\/publishing\/scientific\/advising-on-research-methods-a-consultants-companion\/","title":{"rendered":"Advising on research methods: A consultant\u2019s companion"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Advising<\/a>

A consultant\u2019s companion<\/p><\/div>\n

Genre<\/strong>: <\/b>Handbook\/Textbook on research advising
\nAuthors<\/strong>: <\/b>Herman J. Ad\u00e8r, Gideon. J. Mellenbergh (with contributions by David J. Hand)
\nISBN<\/strong>: <\/b>97-890-79418-09-1 (Hardcover, sewed)
\nPrice<\/strong>: <\/b>\u20ac92,5 ($ 104,-)
\nFirst Edition<\/strong>:<\/span> <\/b>2008
\n<\/span>Website<\/strong>:<\/span> <\/b>www.jvank.nl\/ARMHome<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Contents<\/strong> <\/b>
\nAdvising on research methods: A consultant\u2019s companion by Herman Ad\u00e8r, Gideon Mellenbergh and David Hand is a handbook for those who are giving advice on research methods in the social and behavioral sciences, including medicine and epidemiology.<\/p>\n

It takes the perspective of a statistical advisor who wants to assist researchers to produce better \u2013 more accurate, valid, and reliable \u2013 results. The book is explicitly intended to be used for instruction. Each chapter has an Exercise section, while the chapter texts are interspersed with \u2018Topics for classroom discussion\u2019.<\/p>\n

As to the contents: the book follows the research cycle. It starts from general considerations on research quality and publishing, then discusses different design strategies, the choice and construction of measurement instruments and the data analysis process including the interpretation of the analysis results.<\/p>\n

Reviews<\/strong> <\/b>
\nA positive review by Peter Wludyka<\/b> (University of North Florida; I am<\/i> <\/i>fond of the book\u2019s opening sentence<\/i> <\/i>reminding the reader that a consultant<\/i> <\/i>should be \u201cavailable, affable, and able\u201d<\/i> <\/i>in decreasing order of importance.<\/i> and The authors have produced a useful book<\/i> <\/i>that someone in the early stages of a<\/i> <\/i>consulting career should find especially<\/i> <\/i>helpful and easy to use<\/i>) has appeared in the Reviews of Books and Teaching Materials section of the November 2009 issue of The American Statistician<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Another very favorable review by Yves<\/b> Laberge<\/b> (Laval University, Canada; Advising on research methods<\/i> is one of the most impressive books on methodology I have read in recent years.<\/i> and Herman Ad\u00e8r, Don Mellenbergh and<\/i> David Hand have made a tremendous job<\/i>\u2026), appeared in the Febuary 2011 issue of the Journal of Applied Statistics.<\/p>\n

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Genre: Handbook\/Textbook on research advising Authors: Herman J. Ad\u00e8r, Gideon. J. Mellenbergh (with contributions by David J. Hand) ISBN: 97-890-79418-09-1 (Hardcover, sewed) Price: \u20ac92,5 ($ 104,-) First Edition: 2008 Website: www.jvank.nl\/ARMHome\u00a0 Contents Advising on research methods: A consultant\u2019s companion by Herman Ad\u00e8r, Gideon Mellenbergh and David Hand is a handbook for those who are giving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":136,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-258","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jvank.nl\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jvank.nl\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jvank.nl\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jvank.nl\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jvank.nl\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jvank.nl\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1149,"href":"https:\/\/jvank.nl\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/258\/revisions\/1149"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jvank.nl\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jvank.nl\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}