Quantitative Longitudinal Data Analysis: Research Methods (Bloomsbury Research Methods) - Softcover

Gayle, Vernon; Lambert, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1350188859 ISBN 13: 9781350188853

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020

Synopsis

First published Open Access under a Creative Commons license as What is Quantitative Longitudinal Data Analysis?, this title is now also available as part of the Bloomsbury Research Methods series.

Across the social sciences, there is widespread agreement that quantitative longitudinal research designs offer analysts powerful scientific data resources. But, to date, many texts on analysing longitudinal social analysis surveys have been written from a statistical, rather than a social science data analysis perspective and they lack adequate coverage of common practical challenges associated with social science data analyses.

This book provides a practical and up-to-date introduction to influential approaches to quantitative longitudinal data analysis in the social sciences. The book introduces definitions and terms, explains the relative attractions of such a longitudinal design, and offers an introduction to the main techniques of analysis, explaining their requirements, statistical properties and their substantive contribution.

About this title

About the Authors

Vernon Gayle is Professor of Sociology and Social Statistics at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Paul Lambert is Professor of Sociology at the University of Stirling, UK

Jessica Nina Lester is Associate Professor of Inquiry Methodology in the School of Education at Indiana University, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350188859
• ISBN 13: 9781350188853
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168