Title: Some methodological issues in longitudinal research: looking ahead
Abstract: Longitudinal studies are vital for studying individual development and cannot normally for this purpose be replaced by other kinds of studies. This has been asserted many times (see Chapter 1 in this volume; Magnusson, 1988; Mednick, Harway & Finello, 1984). The main reason for using a longitudinal approach is really common-sense: If you want to understand how an individual develops over time, you have to study the individual over time. All other approaches are more indirect and have to make questionable assumptions for the results to be applicable for statements about individual development. For overviews of longitudinal versus other designs, the reader is referred to Bakes (1968) and Bakes and Nesselroade (1979).
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-11-18
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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