Issues in studying relationships
Interdependence between topic, theory, and method
Metaphors for studying interaction
Socially constructed vs. objective reality
Level of analysis
Time
Interaction patterns and adaptation
Obtrusiveness
Basic methods
Observation
Self-report (survey)
Experiment
Other methods and techniques (1)
Ickes’s dyadic interaction paradigm
Reis and Wheeler’s Rochester Interaction Record
Duck’s Iowa Communication Record
Aron’s experimental generation of closeness
Discourse
Other methods and techniques (2)
Problem discussion
Physiological measures
Gottman’s sequential analysis
Kenny’s Social Relations Model
Other methods and techniques (3)
Regression and structural equation modeling (SEM)
Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM)
Meta-analysis
Significance vs. effect size
Validity
Construct
Internal
External
Reliability
Internal
Test-retest