TY - BOOK AU - Ruspini,Elisabetta TI - Introduction to longitudinal research T2 - Social research today SN - 9780815349129 U1 - 300.72 21 PY - 2002/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Longitudinal studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part PART I Longitudinal research ; chapter 1 What is longitudinal research? The development of longitudinal research: an historical ; chapter 2 Longitudinal data ; Characteristics and analytic advantages ; chapter 3 The issues of data collection and comparability within longitudinal research: some examples Prospective studies an example of good practices: the British Some examples ; chapter 4 Some problems connected with longitudinal research ; part PART II Longitudinal analysis ; chapter 5 An overview of the major techniques needed to perform longitudinal analysis ER -