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Working with archival data: studying lives, Volume 88; by Glen H. Elder, Eliza K. Pavalko, Elizabeth Colerick Clipp

By Glen H. Elder, Eliza K. Pavalko, Elizabeth Colerick Clipp

Even supposing the expansion of longitudinal facts information is among the so much dramatic advancements within the behavioural sciences, there was a barrier to the potent use of those records because of a scarcity of figuring out of the relation among learn questions and archival facts - earlier. The authors of this quantity illustrate tips on how to use the model-fitting method to choose and healthy the correct facts set to a specific examine challenge. starting with an creation to the overall matters in operating with archival facts, the booklet takes the reader via steps within the recasting of information and query, utilizing significant examples from the lifestyles direction, resembling temporal styles of actual and emotional well-being in addition to pathways to retirement.

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Nevertheless, the investigators collected some information on the larger environment that years later provided the basis for empirical studies of depression hardship and wartime experience in lives (Elder, 1974, 1979, 1986, 1987). Empirical findings from studies of the Second World War in lives posed questions that called for analysis in another sample of American men who served during this war. We chose to work on the Terman sample because of its rich data on World War II veterans. A neglect of historical facts also appears in the Terman Study and its priorities on data collection.

Sage University Paper series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, 07-088. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. OR (2) Elder, G. , Pavalko, E. , & Clipp, E. C. (1992) Working with archival data: Studying lives (Sage University Paper series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, series no. 07-088). Newbury Park, CA: Sage. Page iii Contents Series Editor's Introduction v Acknowledgments vii 1. Introduction 1 2. Working With Archival Data 5 The Life-Course Revolution 6 Asking New Questions of Old Data 10 The Terman Study 12 From Old Data to New Questions: Children of the Great Depression 14 From Life Records to Codes:The Berkeley Guidance Archive 18 Fitting Research Questions and Data 20 Conclusion 22 3.

Each topic was investigated by mail (1950, 1955, 1960). Various life changes within the Terman sample and new leadership from Robert Sears, Lee Cronbach, Pauline Sears, and Albert Hastorf brought fresh attention to issues of aging, work life and retirement, family, and life evaluation across follow-ups for 1972, 1977, 1982, 1986, and 1991-1992. Data collection across multiple waves relies mainly on survey forms mailed to the study members. The slender base of financial support for the study and the large sample size favored this least expensive method.

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