The craft of life course research / / edited by Glen H. Elder, Janet Z. Giele

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Guilford Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Disciplina: 150.723; 305.2
• Soggetto topico: Life cycle, Human - Research - Methodology; Human growth - Research - Methodology
• Altri autori: ElderGlen H GieleJanet Zollinger
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter; Contents; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Editors; Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This book brings together prominent investigators to provide a comprehensive guide to doing life course research, including an ?inside view" of how they designed and carried out influential longitudinal studies. Using vivid examples, the contributors trace the connections between early and later experience and reveal how researchers and graduate students can discover these links in their own research. Well-organized chapters describe the best and newest ways to:Use surveys, life records, ethnography, and data archives to collect d
• Titolo autorizzato: The craft of life course research
• ISBN: 1-282-31912-4; 9786612319129; 1-60623-322-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817483003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II