Methods of life course research : qualitative and quantitative approaches / editors: Janet Z. Giele, Glen H. Elder.
What are the most effective methods for doing life-course research? In this volume, the field's founders and leaders answer this question, giving readers tips on: the art and method of the appropriate research design; the collection of life-history data; and the search for meaningful patterns t...
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Foreword: Crafting Life Course Studies / Anne Colby
- pt. I Life Course Mode of Inquiry
- Ch. 1 Life Course Research: Development of a Field / Glen H. Elder, Jr. / Janet Z. Giele
- Ch. 2 Life Course Approach: Autobiographical Notes / Matilda White Riley
- Ch. 3 Craft of Life Course Studies / Angela M. O'Rand
- pt. II Data Collection and Measurement
- Ch. 4 Data Organization and Conceptualization / Nancy Karweit / David Kertzer
- Ch. 5 Retrospective Versus Prospective Measurement of Life Histories in Longitudinal Research / Jacqueline Scott / Duane Alwin
- Ch. 6 Finding Respondents in a Follow-Up Study / Phyllis Moen / Donna Dempster-McClain
- Ch. 7 Collecting Life History Data: Experiences From the German Life History Study / Erika Bruckner / Karl Ulrich Mayer
- pt. III Strategies for Analysis
- Ch. 8 Life Reviews and Life Stories / John A. Clausen
- Ch. 9 Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Data / Robert J. Sampson / John H. Laub
- Ch. 10 Innovation in the Typical Life Course / Janet Z. Giele
- Ch. 11 Linking History and Human Lives / Lisa A. Pellerin / Glen H. Elder, Jr.