A primer in longitudinal data analysis / / Toon Taris

• Autore: Taris Toon
• Pubblicazione: London, : SAGE, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 163 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 300.723
• Soggetto topico: Longitudinal method; Social sciences
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Primer in longitudinal data analysis
• ISBN: 1-84920-851-4; 1-280-36966-3; 9786610369669; 1-4129-3358-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825913003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II