Editors Lance and Vandenberg offer this critical evaluation of statistics and methodology used in industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology, focused on identifying “received truths” of how to
conduct I/O research and assessing both their appeal and their shortfalls. Each chapter follows a similar outline by stating common perceptions, identifying valuable components, pointing out
problems, and finally coming to a synthesis of how the issue should be treated. The first two chapters critique the overall integrity of the published research, as far as the experimental rigor
possible in a “soft science” field and issues such as publication bias. Specific methodological issues are then addressed in chapter clusters, with a cluster on design addressing
cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, negative wording, missing data, and sample size; a cluster on analysis discussing weighted composites, outliers, and the Sobel test; and a cluster on
interpretation offering caution when comparing reliability estimates, attenuating shared method bias, and dealing with cross-level effects and measurement invariance. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold,
Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
