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Advanced Research Methods

Mission

The working group on advanced research methods draws on faculty throughout the social and behavioral sciences who share an interest in applying cutting edge research design and analytical techniques to social science inquiry. The group's goals include enhancing the teaching of research methods at the graduate and undergraduate levels; fostering collaborative projects that engage or enhance advanced research methods; and building on the intellectual and infrastructure resources available for quantitative research.

Director
Solon Simmons
Tel: 703-993-1302• E-mail:

Graduate Research Assistant
Jennifer Pearson
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Faculty members:

Carl Botan, Communication
Xiaomei Cai, Communication
Shannon Davis, Sociology and Anthropology
Dimiter Dimitrov, Education & Human Development
Gregory Guagnano, Sociology and Anthropology
Paul Posner, Public & International Affairs
Solon Simmons, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR)
Claire Snyder, Public & International Affairs
Lois Tetrick, Psychology
Steven Vallas, Sociology and Anthropology
Emily Zimmerman, Sociology and Anthropology
Edmund Zolnick, Geography

Training

George Mason University has a membership in the 2007-2008 CARMA Consortium Webcast Program. The main purpose of this program is to allow faculty and students the opportunity to hear the latest methodological developments relevant to their research. The Webcasts emphasize the substantive application of methodological developments. The 2007-2008 Consortium Webcast Program will include 10 one-hour lectures on advanced topics delivered live (with video and audio components) by leading methodological scholars. There are also 26 additional recorded lectures from the CARMA Video Library available for unlimited individual viewing.

2007-2008 Consortium Webcast Program Schedule

September 28   (12:00-1:30 pm, EST)                                            
Goodness of Fit and Structural Equation Models                      
Dr. Jose Cortina, George Mason University                            

October 26  (12:00-1:30 pm, EST)                                                               
Relative Importance of Predictors with Regression Models       
Dr. James LeBreton, Purdue University                        

November 16 (CARMA Assembly, 2 lectures, 12:00-3:00 pm, EST)
Nonlinear Dynamic Models                                          
Dr. Paul Hanges, University of Maryland                                                                      

Advanced Panel Methods for Strategy Research                      
Dr. Peter Hom, Arizona State University                                  

January 18 (12:00-1:30 pm, EST)        
Conditional Reasoning and Measurement of Implicit Personality
Dr. Larry James, Georgia Institute of Technology

February 29 (12:00-1:30 pm, EST)     
Measurement Invariance and Organizational Research
Dr. Roger Millsap, Arizona State University

March 21 (CARMA Assembly, 3 lectures, 12:00-4:00 pm, EST)         
Restriction of Range
Dr. Paul Sackett, University of Minnesota

Discontinuous Growth Models
Dr. Paul Bliese, Walter Reed Army Institute of Technology

Strategy and Research Methods Development
Dr. Donald Bergh, University of Denver

April 18 (12:00-1:30 pm, EST)
Publishing Criteria for Qualitative Research                               
Dr. Michael Pratt, University of Illinois     

For more information about attending the live webcasts are viewing the video library please contact Jennifer Pearson at

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