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Author: Camara, Wayne J.
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Camara, Wayne J. Colot, Patricia L. |
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The Reality of Longitudinal Data Collection: Locating Vanishing Veterans Presented: New York, NY, Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, 1987. Also: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED290775&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED290775 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Keyword(s): Aptitude; Military Enlistment; Research Methodology; Veterans This paper investigates the utility of various procedures used to locate and interview veterans as part of a longitudinal research study being conducted for the Department of Defense. The populations are comprised of below entry aptitude standards males who entered the military during the late 1960s, and potential ineligibles who entered between 1976 and 1980. The latter group entered because of the misnorming of the enlistment exam scores. Several methods were used to locate subjects of both populations and compared to existing data collected from National Longitudinal Surveys on equivalent samples of low-aptitude non-veteran males. Future researchers are encouraged to investigate multiple locating methodologies and assess the quality of existing data and known characteristics of the population prior to embarking on longitudinal data collection with special populations. [ERIC ED-290775] |
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Camara, Wayne J. and Patricia L. Colot. "The Reality of Longitudinal Data Collection: Locating Vanishing Veterans." Presented: New York, NY, Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, 1987. |