Methods of life course research : qualitative and quantitative approaches /

What are the most effective methods for doing life-course research? In this volume, the field's founders and leaders answer this question, giving readers tips on: the art and method of the appropriate research design; the collection of life-history data; and the search for meaningful patterns t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Giele, Janet Zollinger Z., Elder, Glen H., Jr
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1998.
Colección:Research methods.
Temas:
Social sciences > Biographical methods.
Life cycle, Human > Research > Methodology.
Sciences sociales > Histoires de vie.
Étapes de la vie > Recherche > Méthodologie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Methodology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Research.
Social sciences > Biographical methods
Biografieforschung
Sozialwissenschaften
Entwicklungsphase
Methodologie
Soziologie
Forschung
Lebenslauf
Forschungsmethode
Levensloop.
Longitudinaal onderzoek.
Biografische methode.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: Foreword: Crafting Life Course Studies / Anne Colby
  • pt. I Life Course Mode of Inquiry
  • Ch. 1 Life Course Research: Development of a Field / Glen H. Elder, Jr. / Janet Z. Giele
  • Ch. 2 Life Course Approach: Autobiographical Notes / Matilda White Riley
  • Ch. 3 Craft of Life Course Studies / Angela M. O'Rand
  • pt. II Data Collection and Measurement
  • Ch. 4 Data Organization and Conceptualization / Nancy Karweit / David Kertzer
  • Ch. 5 Retrospective Versus Prospective Measurement of Life Histories in Longitudinal Research / Jacqueline Scott / Duane Alwin
  • Ch. 6 Finding Respondents in a Follow-Up Study / Phyllis Moen / Donna Dempster-McClain
  • Ch. 7 Collecting Life History Data: Experiences From the German Life History Study / Erika Bruckner / Karl Ulrich Mayer
  • pt. III Strategies for Analysis
  • Ch. 8 Life Reviews and Life Stories / John A. Clausen
  • Ch. 9 Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Data / Robert J. Sampson / John H. Laub
  • Ch. 10 Innovation in the Typical Life Course / Janet Z. Giele
  • Ch. 11 Linking History and Human Lives / Lisa A. Pellerin / Glen H. Elder, Jr.

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