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The craft of life course research / edited by Glen H. Elder, Janet Z. Giele.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life cycle, Human--Research--Methodology.
- Life cycle, Human.
- Human growth--Research--Methodology.
- Human growth.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Guilford Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- This book brings together prominent investigators to provide a comprehensive guide to doing life course research, including an ?inside view" of how they designed and carried out influential longitudinal studies. Using vivid examples, the contributors trace the connections between early and later experience and reveal how researchers and graduate students can discover these links in their own research. Well-organized chapters describe the best and newest ways to:Use surveys, life records, ethnography, and data archives to collect d
- Contents:
- Front matter; Contents; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Editors; Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-31912-4
- 9786612319129
- 1-60623-322-X
- OCLC:
- 646835607
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