Quantitative Research: Longitudinal Research
Write a piece of 2,000 words discussing and assessing a
quantitative approach to longitudinal research, in the context of one specific example of longitudinal research. You should consider:
• Why would we conduct quantitative research
to investigate social issues? What are its strengths and limitations?
• What can longitudinal research
tell us? Again, what are its strengths and limitations?
• What approach has
been taken in the example you have looked at (e.g. in terms of research design, data collection, analysis etc.)?
Can you explain why this approach has been taken, and what has been achieved as
a result of this?
Your report should assess what the
longitudinal research you have examined has set out to do, how it has set out to
do it, and what it has achieved, with a particular focus on the issues raised
by the quantitative nature of the research.
Suggested Readings:
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for Social Scientists, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Allison, P.D. (1984) Event History Analysis:
Regression for Longitudinal Event Data, Beverley Hills: Sage.
Blaikie, N. (2003) Analyzing Quantitative Data, London: Sage.
Bryman, A. (1990) Quantitative Data
Analysis for Social Scientists, London: Routledge.
Dale, A. (1994) Analysing
Social and Political Change: A Casebook of Methods, London: Sage.
David, M. and Sutton, C.D. (2011) Social Research,
London: Sage.
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Social Research, London: Sage.
Dex, S. (1991) Life
and Work History Analyses: Qualitative and Quantitative Developments, London:
Routledge.
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Sage.
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Savage, M. (2010) Identities
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