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Cohort analysis / Norval D. Glenn.
LIBRA HA29 .G556
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glenn, Norval D.
- Series:
- Sage university paper : Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; ser. no. 07-005.
- Sage university paper : Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; ser. no. 07-005
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Statistical methods.
- Social sciences.
- Social sciences--Methodology.
- Physical Description:
- 72 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1977.
- Summary:
- A method for studying changes in group patterns -- particularly groups based on age -- cohort analysis seeks to isolate changes attributable to alterations in behaviour or attitudes within an age group; as an example of behaviour change, the pattern of consumption of alcohol within a cohort is analyzed.
- Contents:
- The Uses of Cohort Analysis with Survey Sample Data 17
- Studies of Aging 17
- Studies of Social and Cultural Change 21
- Data Sources 24
- Problems of Comparability 27
- Problems of Random Sampling Error 41
- Analysis and Interpretation 46
- "Rigorous" Methods for Estimating Age, Cohort, and Period Effects 57
- Methods to Study Change 61
- Methods to Study the Suceptibility to Change of Aging Individuals 64.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages 70-72.
- ISBN:
- 080390794X
- OCLC:
- 3154556
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