Psychological Methods

Psychological Methods is devoted to the development and dissemination of methods for collecting, analysing, understanding, and interpreting psychological data, including research design, measurement, and quantitative and qualitative analysis.《心理学方法》（Psychological Methods）致力于收集、分析、理解与解释心理学数据的方法的开发与传播，涵盖研究设计、测量以及定量与定性分析。

Scope

The journal's stated purpose is to disseminate innovations in research design, measurement, methodology, and quantitative and qualitative analysis to the psychological community, with its official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为向心理学共同体传播研究设计、测量、方法学以及定量与定性分析方面的创新，官方声明的征稿范围包括：

• Research design and methodology: articles that develop or evaluate research designs, experimental and quasi-experimental methods, sampling strategies, causal inference approaches, and the general methodology of psychological inquiry.研究设计与方法学： 开发或评价研究设计、实验与准实验方法、抽样策略、因果推断方法以及心理学研究一般方法学的文章。
• Measurement and psychometrics: contributions on psychological measurement, psychometric theory, test development and validation, item response theory, structural equation modelling, and the assessment of reliability and validity.测量与心理测量学： 关于心理测量、心理测量理论、测验开发与效度验证、项目反应理论、结构方程模型以及信效度评估的文章。
• Quantitative and qualitative analysis: methodological work on statistical modelling, multivariate analysis, meta-analysis, network analysis, longitudinal data analysis, and qualitative research methods, together with innovations in computational and machine learning approaches to psychological data.定量与定性分析： 关于统计建模、多变量分析、荟萃分析、网络分析、纵向数据分析与定性研究方法的方法学工作，以及心理学数据计算与机器学习方法的创新。
• Tutorials and applications: tutorials that make new methods accessible to the research community, articles illustrating innovative applications of new procedures to psychological problems, and articles on the teaching of quantitative methods.教程与应用： 向研究共同体介绍新方法的教程、展示新程序在心理学问题中创新应用的文章以及关于定量方法教学的文章。
• Article types: original theoretical, quantitative, empirical, and methodological articles, reviews of important methodological issues, tutorials, and reviews of statistical software.栏目设置： 接受原创理论、定量、实证与方法学文章、重要方法学议题综述、教程以及统计软件评介。

History

• Founding: the journal was founded in 1996 by the American Psychological Association to provide a dedicated venue for methodological and quantitative research in psychology, reflecting the growing importance of rigorous methods in the discipline.创刊： 该刊 1996 年由美国心理学会创刊，旨在为心理学的方法学与定量研究提供专门平台，反映严谨方法在该学科中日益增长的重要性。
• APA journal: throughout its history the journal has been published by the American Psychological Association, serving as one of the association's flagship journals for methodological scholarship in psychology.APA 期刊： 在整个历史中该刊一直由美国心理学会出版，是该协会心理学方法学学术研究的旗舰期刊之一。
• Methodological breadth: over its history the journal has expanded from its initial focus on psychometrics and statistics to encompass the full range of methodological approaches used in contemporary psychological research, including qualitative and computational methods.方法学广度： 在历史发展中该刊从最初聚焦心理测量学与统计学，扩展至涵盖当代心理学研究中使用的全部方法学路径，包括定性与计算方法。

Editors

The editorial office comprises the editor, associate editors, and an editorial board, drawn from psychology methodology and quantitative psychology institutions worldwide:编辑部由主编、副编辑与编委会组成，成员来自全球心理学方法学与定量心理学机构：

• Editor: Fred Oswald, PhD, whose research focuses on quantitative psychology, personnel selection, psychometrics, and the application of statistical and machine learning methods to psychological data.主编： 弗雷德·奥斯瓦尔德（Fred Oswald），哲学博士，研究方向为定量心理学、人员选拔、心理测量学以及统计与机器学习方法在心理学数据中的应用。
• Associate editors: associate editors cover psychometrics, statistical modelling, research design, qualitative methods, and computational approaches, supporting the handling of manuscripts across the journal's broad methodological scope.副编辑团队： 副编辑覆盖心理测量学、统计建模、研究设计、定性方法与计算方法等方向，协助处理刊物广泛方法学范围内的稿件。
• Review model: manuscripts undergo peer review by external experts with methodological expertise, with final decisions made by the editor and associate editors based on the methodological contribution, rigor, and relevance to psychological research.评审模式： 稿件由具备方法学专长的外部专家同行评审，主编与副编辑基于方法学贡献、严谨性以及对心理学研究的相关性做出最终决定。