An Introduction to Longitudinal Research

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Pub. Date: 2002-07-05
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

One of the major changes in the social science research landscape in recent years has been the introduction of computerized panel surveys in Europe and the US which make longitudinal data widely available to graduate students for the first time. Elisabetta Ruspini here provides a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the issues involved in this kind of research.

Author Biography

Elisabetta Ruspini is a lecturer and researcher based in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Milan-Bicocca.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vii
List of examples
viii
List of abbreviations
x
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction xv
PART I Longitudinal research 1(104)
What is longitudinal research?
3(21)
The development of longitudinal research: an historical overview
11(13)
Longitudinal data: characteristics and analytic advantages
24(31)
Repeated cross-sectional surveys
27(3)
Panel design
30(12)
Event oriented design (event history data)
42(5)
Qualitative' longitudinal sources
47(8)
The issues of data collection and comparability within longitudinal research: some examples
55(15)
Prospective studies - an example of good practices: the British Household Panel Study (BHPS)
55(4)
Retrospective studies - how to develop a life-course study `quantitatively': the German Life History Study (GLHS)
59(3)
The issue of comparability within longitudinal research
62(8)
Some problems connected with longitudinal research
70(35)
The limitations of repeated cross-sectional design
70(1)
Problems connected With Panel design
71(25)
Retrospective design and its drawbacks
96(4)
Costs and liming of longitudinal research
100(5)
PART II Longitudinal analysis 105(30)
An overview of the major techniques needed to perform longitudinal analysis
107(28)
Time series analysis for repeated cross-sectional data
107(3)
Structural equation models
110(3)
Log-linear analysis and Markov models of categorical longitudinal data
113(7)
Multilevel analysis
120(3)
Event history analysis
123(5)
Sequence analysis
128(7)
Conclusions 135(3)
Appendix 1: List of longitudinal studies mentioned in the book 138(7)
Appendix 2: Longitudinal datasets available in Europe, Russia and North America 145(39)
Bibliography 184(17)
Index 201

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