| Description |
xii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- List of contributors -- 1. General issues about data quality in longitudinal research L. Bergman and D. Magnusson -- 2. Improving the quality of psychiatric data: classification, cause and course M. Rutter and A. Pickles -- 3. Data in epidemiological longitudinal research G. Eklund -- 4. Data in pediatric longitudinal research R. Zetterstrom -- 5. Alcohol data in longitudinal research A. Uchtenhagen -- 6. Retrospective data, undesirable behaviour, and the longitudinal perspective C.-G. Janson -- 7. Minimising attrition in longitudinal research: methods in tracing and securing cooperation in a 24-year follow-up study D. P. Farrington, B. Gallagher, L. Morley, R. J. St Ledger and D. J. West -- 8. Minimising attrition in longitudinal studies: means or end? M. Murphy -- 9. N's, times and number of variables in longitudinal research G. Rudinger and P. K. Wood -- 10. Stability of patterns and patterns of stability in personality development J. B. Asendorpf and F. E. Weinert -- 11. Beyond correlations: from group data analyses to single case studies F. Schulsinger -- 12. Age, period, and cohort in the study of the life course: a comparison of classical A-P-C-analysis with event history analysis or farewell to lexis? K. U. Mayer and J. Huinink -- 13. New possibilities for longitudinal studies of intergenerational factors in child health and development J. Fox and K. Fogelman -- 14. Archiving longitudinal data A. Colby and E. Phelps |
| Notes |
"... emanating from the workshops organized by the European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development (ENLS) within the framework of the European Science Foundation" -- Foreword |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Longitudinal method.
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Medicine -- Longitudinal studies.
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Medicine -- Research -- Quality control.
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Medicine.
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Quality control.
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Longitudinal Studies.
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Longitudinal method
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Medicine.
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Quality Control.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Bergman, Lars R.
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Magnusson, David.
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European Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development.
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European Science Foundation.
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| LC no. |
89034500 |
| ISBN |
052138091X |
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