Working with Archival Data: Studying Lives

by Glen H. Elder Jr., Eliza K. Pavalko, Elizabeth C. Clipp

The number of longitudinal data archives is growing almost daily, yet no resource exists to help understand the relationship between research questions and archival data--until now. Drawing on a single project, the Lewis Terman Study at Stanford University, the authors illustrate how to use the model-fitting process to select and fit the right data set to a particular research problem. Employing a step-by-step approach, this handy volume covers the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803942621
• ISBN13: 9780803942622
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.4"