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1 online resource (361 pages) |
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Research Methods |
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Research methods.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Foreword: Crafting Life Course Studies / Anne Colby -- pt. I Life Course Mode of Inquiry -- Ch. 1 Life Course Research: Development of a Field / Glen H. Elder, Jr. / Janet Z. Giele -- Ch. 2 Life Course Approach: Autobiographical Notes / Matilda White Riley -- Ch. 3 Craft of Life Course Studies / Angela M. O'Rand -- pt. II Data Collection and Measurement -- Ch. 4 Data Organization and Conceptualization / Nancy Karweit / David Kertzer -- Ch. 5 Retrospective Versus Prospective Measurement of Life Histories in Longitudinal Research / Jacqueline Scott / Duane Alwin -- Ch. 6 Finding Respondents in a Follow-Up Study / Phyllis Moen / Donna Dempster-McClain -- Ch. 7 Collecting Life History Data: Experiences From the German Life History Study / Erika Bruckner / Karl Ulrich Mayer -- pt. III Strategies for Analysis -- Ch. 8 Life Reviews and Life Stories / John A. Clausen -- Ch. 9 Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Data / Robert J. Sampson / John H. Laub -- Ch. 10 Innovation in the Typical Life Course / Janet Z. Giele -- Ch. 11 Linking History and Human Lives / Lisa A. Pellerin / Glen H. Elder, Jr |
| Summary |
What are the most effective methods for doing life-course research? In this volume, the field's founders and leaders answer this question, giving readers tips on: the art and method of the appropriate research design; the collection of life-history data; and the search for meaningful patterns to be found in the results |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Biographical methods.
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Life cycle, Human -- Research -- Methodology
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Methodology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Research.
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Social sciences -- Biographical methods
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Biografieforschung
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Sozialwissenschaften
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Entwicklungsphase
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Methodologie
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Soziologie
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Forschung
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Lebenslauf
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Forschungsmethode
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Levensloop.
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Longitudinaal onderzoek.
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Biografische methode.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Giele, Janet Zollinger Z
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Elder, Glen H., Jr.
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| ISBN |
9781452251073 |
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145225107X |
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