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Cohort analysis / Norval D. Glenn.

Title
Cohort analysis / Norval D. Glenn.
Author
Glenn, Norval D.
Publication
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2005.

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Description
vii, 61 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
"Cohort Analysis, Second Edition covers the basics of the cohort approach to studying aging, social, and cultural change. This volume also critiques several commonly used (but flawed) methods of cohort analysis, illustrates appropriate methods, and describes the major sources of suitable data for cohort studies."--Publisher description (LoC).
Series Statement
Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; 07-005
Uniform Title
Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-005.
Subject
  • Cohort analysis
  • Cohort Studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-56) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
INTRODUCTION -- The Purposes of Cohort Analysis -- Definitions; Comparison of Cohort Analysis With Related Methods -- The Identification Problem --STRATEGIES FOR ESTIMATING AGE, PERIOD, AND COHORT EFFECTS -- The Mason, Mason, Winsborough, and Poole Method -- The Nakamura Bayesian Method -- The Quest Continues -- Age-Period-Cohort-Characteristic (APCC) Models -- Informal Means of Assessing APC Effects -- An Illustration: A Cohort Analysis of Personal Happiness -- USE OF COHORT ANALYSIS FOR UNDERSTANDING CHANGE --DATA REQUIREMENTS AND AVAILABILITY -- Data Requirements -- Data Availability -- THE FUTURE.
ISBN
0761922156 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2004019523
OCLC
56329697
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Harvard Library