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Gee, Kevin A. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2014
The growth in the availability of longitudinal data--data collected over time on the same individuals--as part of program evaluations has opened up exciting possibilities for evaluators to ask more nuanced questions about how individuals' outcomes change over time. However, in order to leverage longitudinal data to glean these important insights,…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Data Analysis, Statistical Studies, Program Evaluation
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Pachana, Nancy A.; Brilleman, Sam L.; Dobson, Annette J. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
The number of life events reported by study participants is sensitive to the method of data collection and time intervals under consideration. Individual characteristics also influence reporting; respondents with poor mental health report more life events. Much current research on life events is cross-sectional. Data from a longitudinal study of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experience, Females, Individual Characteristics
Saldana, Johnny – 2003
This book outlines the basic elements of longitudinal qualitative data, focusing on micro-levels of change observed within individual cases and groups of participants, and presents 16 questions through which researchers can approach the analysis of longitudinal qualitative data. The chapters are: (1) "Longitudinal Qualitative Studies, Time, and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Educational Research
Morrisson, Christian; Murtin, Fabrice – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2009
Global economic transformations have never been as dramatic as in the twentieth century. Most countries have experienced radical changes in the standards of income per capita, technology, fertility, mortality, income inequality and the extent of democracy in the course of the past century. It is the goal of many disciplines--economics, history,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Attainment, Demography, Global Approach
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Salazar, Jesus Jose – Bilingual Research Journal, 1998
Power analysis of studies in Greene's meta-analysis of bilingual education programs found that many studies of the past 30 years were statistically weak and uninterpretable. Effect size analysis of Thomas and Collier's 15-year study found that their longitudinal model best explains 30 years of bilingual education research and can serve as a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Data Interpretation, Educational Research
Wine, Jennifer S.; Whitmore, Roy W.; Heuer, Ruth E.; Biber, Melissa; Pratt, Daniel J. – 2000
This report describes the methods and procedures used for the full-scale data collection effort of the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study First Follow-Up 1996-98 (BPS:96/98). These students, who started their postsecondary education during the 1995-96 academic year, were first interviewed during 1996 as part of the National…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Data Interpretation, Enrollment
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Walker, R. Dale; And Others – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1996
Researchers responsible for"Alcohol Abuse in Urban Indian Adolescents and Women: A Longitudinal Study for Assessment and Risk Evaluation" respond to critiques of the research project. Clarifies project goals, discusses issues related to longitudinal research, and addresses concerns related to research utilization and data publication.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Cultural Influences, Data Analysis
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Mail, Patricia D.; And Others – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1996
Commentaries from 10 researchers concerning "Alcohol Abuse in Urban Indian Adolescents and Women: A Longitudinal Study for Assessment and Risk Evaluation" (R. Dale Walker and others). Reviewers commend the project for adding to the sparse longitudinal research on Indian peoples, while also pointing out problems and issues specific to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Criticism, Data Analysis