The Psychometrics/Quantitative Methods Reading List

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The faculty members of the Psychometrics/Quantitative Methods Program at The University of Minnesota Department of Psychology have assembled the following list of suggested readings to help our graduate students develop into skilled methodologists. The reading materials are “rated” as follows:

REQuired: An enduring classic in the field or will be soon.

RECommended: These are interesting for their treatment of specialized topics.

FYI: These are topics that you should know about (at least know that they exist).

Journals

General Statistical Theory

General Multivariate Books

Specific Psychometric/Statistical Techniques

Categories Versus Continua/Profile Analysis

Factor Analysis/Structural Equation Models

Item Response Theory

The Analysis of Change

Missing Data

Multilevel Modeling

Math Basics

General Psychometrics

Meta-analysis and Research Synthesis