1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910472524203321

Titolo

Gulf Construction

Pubbl/distr/stampa

United Arab Emirates

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959773103321

Autore

Taris Toon

Titolo

A primer in longitudinal data analysis / / Toon Taris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2000

ISBN

9786610369669

9781849208512

1849208514

9781280369667

1280369663

9781412933582

1412933587

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 163 p.) : ill

Disciplina

300.723

Soggetti

Longitudinal method

Social sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 LONGITUDINAL DATA AND LONGITUDINAL DESIGNS -- Longitudinal data and longitudinal designs -- Covariation and causation -- Designs for collecting longitudinal data -- A checklist -- Further reading -- 2 NONRESPONSE IN LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH -- Nonresponse in cross-sectional and longitudinal designs -- Better safe than sorry: minimizing



nonresponse and attrition -- Detecting selective nonresponse -- Dealing with nonresponse -- Summary -- Further reading -- 3 MEASURING CONCEPTS ACROSS TIME: ISSUES OF STABILITY AND MEANING -- What do we talk about when we talk about stability and change? -- Types of change and stability -- Exploratory vs confirmatory factor analysis -- Using the confirmatory factor-analytic model to assess structural invariance -- Example: loneliness across young adulthood -- Discussion -- Further reading -- 4 ISSUES IN DISCRETE-TIME PANEL ANALYSIS -- Measuring change in discrete time -- Dependence on initial values: the sophomore slump -- Change scores: what is the difference? -- The regressor variable approach, and the return of the difference score -- Example: income determination among men and women -- Assessing causal direction across time: cross-lagged panel analysis -- Further reading -- 5 ANALYSIS OF REPEATED MEASURES -- Examining across-time growth -- Analysis of variance: some basics -- Analysis of variance for longitudinal survey data -- Example: mental well-being of young workers across time -- Concluding remarks -- Further reading -- 6 ANALYZING DURATIONS -- Survival-, failure time-, and event history-analysis -- Survival data -- Continuous-time survival analysis: hazard function and survival function -- Analysis of covariates: the stratification approach -- Parametric and semi-parametric approaches to analyzing covariates.

Example: continuity of women's employment after childbirth -- Continuous-time survival analysis: evaluation and discussion -- Discrete-time survival analysis -- Example: the transition towards non-virginity -- Concluding remarks -- Further reading -- 7 ANALYZING SEQUENCES -- Event- vs career-centered modes of analysis -- Measuring career change: characterizing development -- Illustration: sensation seeking, job characteristics and mobility -- Creating classifications of careers: distance-based methods -- Same-order methods: sequencing careers -- Further reading -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.

Sommario/riassunto

Toon Taris' survival guide takes the reader through the strengths and weaknesses of longitudinal research, making clear how to design a longitudinal study, how to collect data most effectively and how to interpret results.