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.
Vernon Gayle is Professor of Sociology and Social Statistics at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Dr Paul Lambert BA LLB LLM, TMA, CTMA, Professor (Information Technology Law Institute and Manchester Metropolitan University), Visiting Research Fellow (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies), Qualified Lawyer, PhD, CDPO, editor, has been publishing articles in legal and business journals (including the European Intellectual Property Review) on topics such as data protection, the internet, intellectual property and courtroom broadcasting for many years. He has published books in the US and Europe and spoken and written, and been interviewed, on these issues in the US, Europe and Asia.
Writes Data Protection, Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Media and Social Media Law, Courtroom Broadcasting
Author of, A User's Guide to Data Protection (third edition), Gringras: The Laws of the Internet (fifth edition), International Handbook of Social Media Laws, Courting Publicity: Twitter and Television Cameras in Court
Writes Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Data Protection, Media Law
Author of Gringras: The Laws of the Internet, The Right to be Forgotten, A User's Guide to Data Protection, Courting Publicity: Twitter and Television Cameras in Court, International Handbook of Social Media Laws
Jessica Nina Lester is Associate Professor of Inquiry Methodology in the School of Education at Indiana University, USA.