| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 88 pages :) : illustrations |
| Series |
Sage university papers series. Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; 07-088 |
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Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; 07-088
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Working with archival data -- The life-course revolution -- Asking new questions of old data -- The Terman study -- From old data to new questions: children of the Great Depression -- From life records to codes: The Berkeley guidance archive -- Fitting research questions and data -- 3. Recasting the archive -- First approach -- Step 1: Evaluation of existing materials -- Step 2: The decision to recode -- Step 3: Refining the research questions -- Creating new codes -- Step 4: Evaluating available coding schemes -- Step 5: Writing the codebook -- Step 6: Coding the case -- Step 7: Assessing reliability and validity -- 4. From retirement to late-life careers -- First approach -- Step 1: Evaluation of existing materials -- Step 2: The decision to recode -- Step 3: Refining the research questions -- Creating new codes -- Step 4: Evaluating available coding schemes -- Step 5: Writing the codebook -- Step 6: Coding the case -- Step 7: Assessing reliability and validity -- 5. Measuring historical influences -- Linking historical influences and individual lives -- New codes for research questions -- Coding wartime experience -- Coding home-front mobilization |
| Summary |
Beginning with an introduction to the general issues in working with archival data, the book takes the reader through steps in the recasting of data and question, using substantive examples from the life course, such as temporal patterns of physical and and emotional health as well as pathways to retirement |
| Analysis |
Social sciences Research |
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United States |
| Bibliography |
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (pages 84-87) e índice |
| Subject |
Longitudinal method.
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Social sciences -- Information services.
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Social sciences -- Research.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Clipp, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Colerick)
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Pavalko, Eliza K.
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| ISBN |
0803942621 (pb) |
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9780803942622 (pb) |
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