The SAGE Sourcebook of Advanced Data Analysis Methods for Communication Research

This book presents a meta-analysis of the literature on Multilevel and Structural Equation Modeling and its applications in Communication Research, and some of the approaches to mediation and meta-Analysis used in this field have been described.

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Chapter 1: Overview - Michael D. Slater, Andrew F. Hayes, Leslie B. Snyder Chapter 2: Contemporary Approaches to Assessing Mediation in Communication Research - Kristopher J. Preacher, Andrew F. Hayes Chapter 3: Studying Change and Intraindividual Variation: Longitudinal Multilevel and Structural Equation Modeling - Kimberly Henry, Michael D. Slater Chapter 4: Time Series Analysis: Traditional and Contemporary Approaches - Itzhak Yanovitzky, Arthur Vanlear Chapter 5: Event History Analysis for Communication Research - Leslie B. Snyder, Ann O?Connell Chapter 6: Estimating Causal Effects in Observational Studies: The Propensity Score Approach - Itzhak Yanovitsky, Robert Hornik, Elaine Zanutto Chapter 7: Commentary on the Uses and Misuses of Structural Equation Modeling in Communication Research - R. Lance Holbert, Michael T. Stephenson Chapter 8: Multilevel Modeling: Studying People in Contexts - Hee Sun Park, William P. Eveland Jr., Robert Cudeck Chapter 9: Communication Network Analysis - Thomas W. Valente Chapter 10: Scaling and Cluster Analysis - David Roskos-Ewoldsen, Beverly Roskos-Ewoldsen Chapter 11: Contemporary Approaches to Meta-Analysis in Communication Research - Blair T. Johnson, Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon, Leslie B. Snyder, Seth M. Noar, Tania B. Huedo-Medina Chapter 12: Handling Missing Data in Communication Research - Ofer Harel, Rick Zimmerman, Olga Dekhtyar