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Research Interests: Research Methods
Research Up To Date
Research design and statistical analysis is my special hobby. As of 2009, I have completed
several projects and written several papers that discuss research methodology challenges
in organizational context overall and in cross-cultural settings in particular. Please refer to my
interactive resume for full-text papers.
Research Methods Formal Training
POEC 5313 Quantitative Policy Data Analysis
Major topics in multivariate statistics: Probability theory, correlation, ANOVA, MANOVA,
Regression, hypothesis testing, F-statistics, T-statistics, Chi2 statistics, Poisson distribution,
etc.
POEC 5316 Advanced Regression Analysis for Social Sciences
Special issues in multivariate statistics: Robust regression, heteroscedasticity,
multicolleniarity, piece-wise linear regression, correction for specification error bias, path
analysis, logit, probit, including ordinal, multinomial and conditional.
PSYC 617 Advanced Research Design and Analysis II
Multivariate statistics, ANOVA, ANCOVA, MANOVA, principal component analysis, factor
analysis, cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling, canonical correlation, path analysis,
SEM/LISREL, logit, probit
SOCI 711 Advanced Quantitative Analysis
Special issues/methods in advances statistics: scale construction and measure
development, all types of logit and probit, SEM/LISREL, HLM, Event History Analysis, Time-
Series analysis/panel regression.
PSYC 739 Psychometrics / Seminar in Measurement and Statistical Issues
Classical measurement theory, Item Response theory, scale development, item
construction, reliability, validity, analysis of change scores, legal and ethical issues in
psychological measurement
MGST 797 Meta-Analysis
A variety of theoretical and practical issues related to meta-analysis
SOCI 615 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
Special issues in qualitative research methods: interview, observation, text analysis, visual
report analysis, audio report transcription, methods and software for quantifying qualitative
data.
Research Methods Courses Taught/Developed:
SOCS 3305 Introduction to Social Statistics – course instructor
SOCS 3105 Social Statistics Laboratory (on-line) – course instructor
SOCS 3105 MS Excel in Social Statistics Laboratory – course instructor
Introduction to Statistics in Management - course designer (course syllabus)
Private statistics tutor for numerous courses
Special Projects
Culture and Acculturation Survey Catalogues
I have put together and keep updated the Culture Survey Catalogue and the Acculturation
Survey Catalogue. The catalogues contain original items, reliability data, scoring keys and
detailed descriptions of more than a hundred existing instruments for quantifying cultural
values and acculturation correspondingly.
These catalogues are a great resource for scholars who are either searching for an optimal
survey instrument for their study, or trying to develop their own culture or acculturation survey
tool.
The catalogues have generated great interest in research community and I receive requests
and comments from scholars from around the world quite regularly. Furthermore, a few
libraries contacted me with a request for permission to print out the catalogues and add
them to their collection of items and the link to the catalogues has been posted on the AOM
Research Methods Measure Chest Website.
Mega-Analysis
Mega-analysis is not a research method per se; it's rather a data collection method.
However, analyzing mega-analytic data poses a series of challenges never faced before. I
have started the mega-analysis of culture project in 2007 and as of 2009 over 100 scholars
from around the world are participating in the project by pooling their data to create a unique
database for addressing numerous important cross-cultural research questions. As the
project progresses, we are faced with numerous methodological challenges and are
inventing methods and tools to analyze mega-analytic data.
Please visit this designed page to learn more about mega-analysis.
Plans for the Nearest Future
Typically, a meta-analytic study is based on uni-variate effect size analysis. I am planning to
work on developing methods for multi-variate meta-analysis. Our meta-analytic paper with
Piers Steel is the first attempt to introduce multivariate statistics into meta-analysis and we
are planning to continue working on developing new research methods of this kind.
Back to Research Interests Diagram
Research Interests: Research Methods
Research Up To Date
Research design and statistical analysis is my special hobby. As of 2009, I have completed
several projects and written several papers that discuss research methodology challenges
in organizational context overall and in cross-cultural settings in particular. Please refer to my
interactive resume for full-text papers.
Research Methods Formal Training
POEC 5313 Quantitative Policy Data Analysis
Major topics in multivariate statistics: Probability theory, correlation, ANOVA, MANOVA,
Regression, hypothesis testing, F-statistics, T-statistics, Chi2 statistics, Poisson distribution,
etc.
POEC 5316 Advanced Regression Analysis for Social Sciences
Special issues in multivariate statistics: Robust regression, heteroscedasticity,
multicolleniarity, piece-wise linear regression, correction for specification error bias, path
analysis, logit, probit, including ordinal, multinomial and conditional.
PSYC 617 Advanced Research Design and Analysis II
Multivariate statistics, ANOVA, ANCOVA, MANOVA, principal component analysis, factor
analysis, cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling, canonical correlation, path analysis,
SEM/LISREL, logit, probit
SOCI 711 Advanced Quantitative Analysis
Special issues/methods in advances statistics: scale construction and measure
development, all types of logit and probit, SEM/LISREL, HLM, Event History Analysis, Time-
Series analysis/panel regression.
PSYC 739 Psychometrics / Seminar in Measurement and Statistical Issues
Classical measurement theory, Item Response theory, scale development, item
construction, reliability, validity, analysis of change scores, legal and ethical issues in
psychological measurement
MGST 797 Meta-Analysis
A variety of theoretical and practical issues related to meta-analysis
SOCI 615 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
Special issues in qualitative research methods: interview, observation, text analysis, visual
report analysis, audio report transcription, methods and software for quantifying qualitative
data.
Research Methods Courses Taught/Developed:
SOCS 3305 Introduction to Social Statistics – course instructor
SOCS 3105 Social Statistics Laboratory (on-line) – course instructor
SOCS 3105 MS Excel in Social Statistics Laboratory – course instructor
Introduction to Statistics in Management - course designer (course syllabus)
Private statistics tutor for numerous courses
Special Projects
Culture and Acculturation Survey Catalogues
I have put together and keep updated the Culture Survey Catalogue and the Acculturation
Survey Catalogue. The catalogues contain original items, reliability data, scoring keys and
detailed descriptions of more than a hundred existing instruments for quantifying cultural
values and acculturation correspondingly.
These catalogues are a great resource for scholars who are either searching for an optimal
survey instrument for their study, or trying to develop their own culture or acculturation survey
tool.
The catalogues have generated great interest in research community and I receive requests
and comments from scholars from around the world quite regularly. Furthermore, a few
libraries contacted me with a request for permission to print out the catalogues and add
them to their collection of items and the link to the catalogues has been posted on the AOM
Research Methods Measure Chest Website.
Mega-Analysis
Mega-analysis is not a research method per se; it's rather a data collection method.
However, analyzing mega-analytic data poses a series of challenges never faced before. I
have started the mega-analysis of culture project in 2007 and as of 2009 over 100 scholars
from around the world are participating in the project by pooling their data to create a unique
database for addressing numerous important cross-cultural research questions. As the
project progresses, we are faced with numerous methodological challenges and are
inventing methods and tools to analyze mega-analytic data.
Please visit this designed page to learn more about mega-analysis.
Plans for the Nearest Future
Typically, a meta-analytic study is based on uni-variate effect size analysis. I am planning to
work on developing methods for multi-variate meta-analysis. Our meta-analytic paper with
Piers Steel is the first attempt to introduce multivariate statistics into meta-analysis and we
are planning to continue working on developing new research methods of this kind.
Back to Research Interests Diagram