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Francis, Krista; Jacobsen, Michele; Friesen, Sharon – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2014
Visuals and graphics have been used for communicating complex ideas since 1786 when William Playfair first invented the line graph and bar chart. Graphs and charts are useful for interpretation and making sense of data. For instance, John Snow's scatter plot helped pinpoint the source of a cholera outbreak in London in 1854 and also changed…
Descriptors: Graphs, Charts, Longitudinal Studies, Statistical Data
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Jelicic, Helena; Phelps, Erin; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
The study of adolescent development rests on methodologically appropriate collection and interpretation of longitudinal data. While all longitudinal studies of adolescent development involve missing data, the methods to treat missingness that have been recommended most often focus on missing data from cross-sectional studies. The problems of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Family Structure, Geographic Regions, Data Collection