Diary Methods is a key method used by social and personality psychologists in their research. This volume begins with a rationale for Diary Methods, especially as applied to these fields, and then proceeds in a non-technical, very accessible fashion to elucidate on how the method can and should be applied in research. The author, John B. Nezlek, is a known protagnost of the diary method in his own scholarly work and has written this title in an invitational way for the beginning user to this method.

This text will be perfect for all advanced students and researchers in social and personality psychology using Diary Methods as part of their studies or research.

Data Preparation

Data Preparation

Although electronic data collection methods have helped “clean up” the data produced by diary studies in comparison to data collected via pencil and paper, diary data are inherently more messy than the data collected in most surveys and experiments. Overall, researchers need to be prepared to spend more time ...

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