Thesis and Dissertation Advisors -
Psychology Research Methods
TOM GRANOFF
Scope: multivariate statistics, behavioral sciences, data processing, marketing research, forensic psychology, research design, SPSS, SAS, survey research, medical research, web-based surveys, quantitative methods, focus groups, interviewing techniques, qualitative methods, correlational analysis, research methodologist, ANOVA, MANOVA, logistic regression, multiple regression, discriminant function analysis, factor analysis, Method's Chapter editing, Final Oral examination preparation.
TOM GRANOFF, Ph.D., has spent almost 30 years providing research methodological and data analysis support in academic settings using SPSS and SAS. Tom typically works on numerous scholarly projects each year. Tom assists students who are obtaining advanced degrees in psychology, counseling, education, public health, leadership, business, marketing, sociology, management, and nursing. He also worked for many years in marketing research and data processing positions in the health care industry. A popular instructor, Dr. Granoff teaches graduate-level research methods and statistics courses for Loyola Marymount University and Pepperdine University, both in Los Angeles. He prides himself in being able to explain most multivariate statistical tests in simple English without using complex mathematical formulas. Tom educates his clients so that they car take full responsibility for the contents of their study, and assists them in preparing for their oral defense. His formal education includes a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology plus Master's degrees in Theology and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
For research proposals (Methods Chapter), Tom provides technical assistance in the following ways: helping set up the research design, reviewing surveys, assistance in selecting appropriate statistical tests, helping determine needed sample sizes (power analyses), helping develop operational definitions; developing hypotheses/research questions; measuring constructs; and tutoring students in the understanding and usage of appropriate research and statistical terminology. Tom often edits the Methodology Chapter to ensure that the purpose statement, research questions, the hypotheses, the data gathered, and the statistical approaches are in accord.
For data analysis projects (Results Chapter), Tom’s provides ethical assistance that does not conflict with your university’s plagiarism and academic integrity policies. Tom will first have a brief free consultation with the student’s thesis/dissertation advisor and gain the appropriate permission before any formal work is conducted. After securing written permission, Tom can provide any of the following services: create suitable SPSS files, help prepare the dataset for analysis, run relevant statistical tests or teach the student how to do it themselves, provide tutoring in the interpretation of SPSS output, and provide generic examples of how SPSS output could be transformed into APA style tables and narrative. After the student has the draft of the Results Chapter, Tom can then provide technical editing to ensure the findings are presented in a clear, accurate and compelling manner.
DR. WILLIAM NASBY
Dr. William Nasby received his Ph.D. in Personality and Development/Applied Multivariate Statistics from Harvard University in 1980 and his B.A. in Psychology from Brown University in 1975. His subject-matter expertise spans a wide range of psychological subfields, including Personality, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology (especially social cognition), Evolutionary Psychology, the Psychology of Emotion, Cognitive Experimental Psychology (especially the interactions between affect and cognition), and Clinical Psychology (notably major depression, anxiety disorders, dissociative disorders, PTSD, and the evaluation of treatment outcome and therapeutic process). In addition, Dr. Nasby has attained professional recognition for his expertise in Multivariate Statistics, Psychological Assessment (clinical and personality), Psychometrics (psychological measurement as well as test construction and evaluation), and Research Design/Methodology.
With over 20 years of experience as a professor, first at a major university and then at a doctoral program in clinical psychology (APA-accredited), Dr. Nasby received numerous awards for excellence and innovation both in teaching and in research. His teaching awards include courses in Personality (Theory, Research, and Assessment), Psychological Assessment, Psychology as a Social Science, the Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior, Research Methodology, Introductory Statistics, Intermediate Statistics, Multivariate Statistics, and Alternative Methodologies.
DR. BRIAN S.
DR. BRIAN S. received his Ph.D. in criminology in 1999 from Florida State University. He currently is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice. In his career, Brian has taught over 35 different classes across a number of disciplines. He has also worked for a research center focusing on public policy, served as a writing consultant for Educational Testing Services, organized grant proposals for several criminal justice agencies, and has served as an evaluator to over a dozen refereed journals.
He has a broad background in the subjects of criminal justice, criminology, sociology and psychology. He specializes in criminal justice and criminology and has considerable experience working with graduate students and directing graduate theses. He has worked closely with both American and International students and he has experience with the criminal justice systems of other countries, spending a number of summers teaching abroad and studying criminal justice systems around the world.
His specific areas of research include deterrence, social control, policing, corrections, and gender and race issues. He has 20 years of experience with research methodology, statistics, literature reviews, grant writing, and other components necessary for completion of dissertations and theses. His most recent publications are found in Criminal Justice Review, Criminology, The Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Police Quarterly, Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society, and The Justice System Journal.
JANE SCOTT
DR. JANE SCOTT received her Ph.D. in quantitative psychology with an emphasis on personality psychology from the University of California, Davis. After teaching statistics and research methods for several years at UC Davis and in Hawaii while providing statistics consulting on the side, she now provides full-time statistics consulting. She lives on the island of St. Croix in the Caribbean where she enjoys sun and surf in addition to statistics.
Jane can help you analyze your data and interpret the results using SAS, SPSS, or Minitab. She can help you understand, implement, and interpret statistical procedures such as t tests (single-sample t test, independent t test, dependent or paired t test), ANOVAs (one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA, MANOVA, ANCOVA), nonparametric procedures (chi-square, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis, Wilcoxon, Friedman, McNemar, Cochran, Fisher’s Exact Test) correlation, multiple regression, logistic regression, factor analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), mediation, moderation, and cox regression, among others. She can run the appropriate analyses for addressing your hypotheses, make APA-style tables or figures for presenting your results, and guide you in the appropriate presentation of your results.
Jane can also provide simple explanations or computations for such statistical concepts as variance, standard deviation, z-scores and the normal distribution, the central limit theorem, type-I and type-II errors (alpha and beta), power, effect size, R-squared or the coefficient of determination, and the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, as well as concepts from psychometrics such as reliability and validity.
Jane received her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, so she spent her undergraduate years developing her writing and communication skills, which enable her to communicate mathematical concepts clearly. She loves to help students hone their methodology chapters, formulate clear hypotheses, and clearly articulate the appropriate analyses for testing each hypothesis. An animated teacher and public speaker, Jane can also help you develop effective Power Point presentations for classes or oral defenses.
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