Analyzing Repeated Surveys
- Glenn Firebaugh - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Volume:
115
Other Titles in:
Social Research Methods
Social Research Methods
January 1997 | 80 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Repeated surveys - a technique for asking the same questions to different samples of people - allows researchers the opportunity to analyze changes in society as a whole. This book begins with a discussion of the classic issue of how to separate cohort, period and age effects. It then covers: methods for modelling aggregate trends; two methods for estimating cohort replacement's contribution to aggregate trends; a decomposition model for clarifying how microchange contributes to aggregate change; and simple models that are useful for the assessment of changing individual-level effects.
Introduction
Distinguishing Age, Period, and Cohort Effects
Aggregate Trends
Decomposing Aggregate Trends
A General Model for Decomposing Aggregate Change
Detecting Change in Individual-Level Relationships
Summary