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Methods of life course research : qualitative and quantitative approaches / editors, Janet Z. Giele, Glen H. Elder, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Biographical methods.
- Social sciences.
- Life cycle, Human--Research--Methodology.
- Life cycle, Human.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 344 p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : SAGE, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Giele and Elder introduce the life course approach, show how it developed and what it entails, consider how to collect and organise longitudinal data, and explore the analysis and interpretation of life course data.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword: Crafting Life Course Studies; Preface; Part I - The Life Course Mode of Inquiry; Chapter 1 - Life Course Research: Development of a Field; Chapter 2 - A Life Course Approach: Autobiographical Notes; Chapter 3 - The Craft of Life Course Studies; Part II - Data Collection and Measurement; Chapter 4 - Data Organization and Conceptualization; Chapter 5 - Retrospective versus Prospective Measurement of Life Histories in Longitudinal Research; Chapter 6 - Finding Respondents in a Follow-Up Study
- Chapter 7 - Collecting Life History Data: Experiences from the German Life History StudyPart III - Strategies for Analysis; Chapter 8 - Life Reviews and Life Stories; Chapter 9 - Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Data; Chapter 10 - Innovation in the Typical Life Course; Chapter 11 - Linking History and Human Lives; References; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781506320441
- 1506320449
- 9781483348919
- 1483348911
- 9781322416410
- 1322416419
- 9781452251073
- 145225107X
- OCLC:
- 1014397454
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