Abstract: These studies offer researchers the opportunity to follow the same group of research participants over time; they differ from cross-sectional studies (although they may represent sub-components of some cross-sectional studies) in that they allow researchers to track changes in the views, attitudes, and reported behaviors of a defined panel on a longitudinal rather than “snapshot” basis. Panel studies promise to analyze the effect of “real-world” events on particular social groupings. For classic examples of such studies, see the British Household Survey or the University of Michigan – Institute for Social Research's Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), which has followed a representative sample of 8,000 United States households, or 65,000 individuals, since 1968.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-08-14
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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