Working with archival data : studying lives /: studying lives. (1992)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Glen H. Elder, Jr., Eliza K. Pavalko, Elizabeth C. Clipp.
• Other Names: Jr, Elder, Glen H; Pavalko, Eliza K; Clipp, Elizabeth C (Elizabeth Colerick)
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Working with archival data -- The life-course revolution -- Asking new questions of old data -- The Terman study -- From old data to new questions: children of the Great Depression -- From life records to codes: The Berkeley guidance archive -- Fitting research questions and data -- 3. Recasting the archive -- First approach -- Step 1: Evaluation of existing materials -- Step 2: The decision to recode -- Step 3: Refining the research questions -- Creating new codes -- Step 4: Evaluating available coding schemes -- Step 5: Writing the codebook -- Step 6: Coding the case -- Step 7: Assessing reliability and validity -- 4. From retirement to late-life careers -- First approach -- Step 1: Evaluation of existing materials -- Step 2: The decision to recode -- Step 3: Refining the research questions -- Creating new codes -- Step 4: Evaluating available coding schemes -- Step 5: Writing the codebook -- Step 6: Coding the case -- Step 7: Assessing reliability and validity -- 5. Measuring historical influences -- Linking historical influences and individual lives -- New codes for research questions -- Coding wartime experience -- Coding home-front mobilization.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1992
• Extent: 1 online resource (96 pages)
• Subjects: 300/.72; Social sciences -- Research; Longitudinal method; Social sciences -- Information services; Social Sciences; Sciences sociales -- Recherche; Méthode longitudinale; Sciences sociales -- Documentation, Services de; Longitudinal method; Social sciences -- Information services; Social sciences -- Research; Estatistica aplicada as ciencias sociais; Méthode longitudinale; Sciences sociales -- Services de documentation; Sciences sociales -- Recherche; Archieven; Longitudinaal onderzoek; Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452215075; 1452215073
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