When the first edition of this Handbook was fields are likely to be hard reading, but anyone who wants to get in touch with the published in 1966 I scarcely gave thought to a future edition. Its whole purpose was to growing edges will find something to meet his inaugurate a radical new outlook on ex taste. perimental psychology, and if that could be Of course, this book will need teachers. As accomplished it was sufficient reward. In the it supersedes the narrow conceptions of 22 years since we have seen adequate-indeed models and statistics still taught as bivariate staggering-evidence that the growth of a new and ANOV A methods of experiment, in so branch of psychological method in science has many universities, those universities will need become established. The volume of research to expand their faculties with newly trained has grown apace in the journals and has young people. The old vicious circle of opened up new areas and a surprising increase obsoletely trained members turning out new of knowledge in methodology. obsoletely trained members has to be The credit for calling attention to the need recognized and broken. And wherever re for new guidance belongs to many members search deals with integral wholes-in per of the Society of Multivariate Experimental sonalities, processes, and groups-researchers Psychology, but the actual innervation is due will recognize the vast new future that to the skill and endurance of one man, John multivariate methods open up.

Inhalt
I Multivariate Method and Theory Construction.- 1 Psychological Theory and Scientific Method.- 2 The Principles of Experimental Design and Analysis in Relation to Theory Building.- 3 The Data Box: Its Ordering of Total Resources in Terms of Possible Relational Systems.- 4 The Meaning and Strategic Use of Factor Analysis.- II Multivariate Modeling and Data Analysis.- 5 Analysis of Covariance Structures.- 6 Exploratory Factor Analysis.- 7 Confirmatory Factor Analysis.- 8 Multimode Factor Analysis.- 9 Causal Modeling via Structural Equation Systems.- 10 Multivariate Analysis of Discrete Data.- 11 Some Multivariate Developments in Nonparametric Statistics.- 12 Multivariate Analysis of Variance.- 13 Multidimensional Scaling.- 14 The Methods and Problems of Cluster Analysis.- 15 Human Behavior Genetics.- 16 Multivariate Reliability Theory: Principles of Symmetry and Successful Validation Strategies.- 17 Dynamic but Structural Equation Modeling of Repeated Measures Data.- 18 N-Way Factor Analysis for Obtaining Personality, Situation, and Test Form Contributions to a Psychological Response: Illustrated by a Three-Way Plasmode.- III Multivariate Research and Theory.- 19 Thinking about Human Abilities.- 20 Personality: Multivariate Systems Theory and Research.- 21 Elucidation of Motivation Structure by Dynamic Calculus.- 22 Multivariate Approaches to Human Learning.- 23 Clinical Psychology: A Multivariate Appraisal.- 24 Psychophysiological Processes.- 25 Organizational Climate.- 26 Multivariate Analyses of the Sociology of Intelligence.