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Title: Looking Backward: Post Hoc Reflections on Longitudinal Surveys
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Mott, Frank L. |
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Looking Backward: Post Hoc Reflections on Longitudinal Surveys In: Looking at Lives: American Longitudinal Studies of the Twentieth Century. E. Phelps, F. F. Furstenberg, Jr., and A. Colby eds. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2002 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLS General, NLSY79 Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Keyword(s): Life Course; Longitudinal Surveys; Overview, Child Assessment Data The impact of long-term longitudinal studies on the landscape of 20th century social and behavioral science cannot be overstated. The field of life course studies has grown exponentially since its inception in the 1950s, and now influences methodologies as well as expectations for all academic research. Looking at Lives offers an unprecedented "insider's view" into the intentions, methods, and findings of researchers engaged in some of the 20th century's landmark studies. In this volume, eminent American scholars -- many of them pioneers in longitudinal studies -- provide frank and illuminating insights into the difficulties and the unique scientific benefits of mounting studies that track people's lives over a long period of time. Looking at Lives includes studies from a range of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, and education, which together cover a span of more than fifty years. The contributors pay particular attention to the changing historical, cultural, and scientific context of their work, as well as the theoretical and methodological changes that have occurred in their fields over decades...[Copyright, Russell Sage Foundation, 2002] |
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Mott, Frank L. "Looking Backward: Post Hoc Reflections on Longitudinal Surveys" In: Looking at Lives: American Longitudinal Studies of the Twentieth Century. E. Phelps, F. F. Furstenberg, Jr., and A. Colby eds. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2002
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