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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Longitudinal
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What does longitudinal mean in:
" For example,Cohen and Flory (1998), using longitudinal data from the Upper New York Study, found that the risk of the onset of CD was four times higher in ODD cases than in children without prior ODD or CD."
What does longitudinal mean in:
" For example,Cohen and Flory (1998), using longitudinal data from the Upper New York Study, found that the risk of the onset of CD was four times higher in ODD cases than in children without prior ODD or CD."
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I believe that longitudinal data is data over time. Here is one online definition: Longitudinal data =panel data: Data from a (usually small) number of observations over time on a (usually large) number of cross-sectional units like individuals, households, firms, or governments.
- I believe that longitudinal data is data over time.
- Here is one online definition: Longitudinal data =panel data: Data from a (usually small) number of observations over time on a (usually large) number of cross-sectional units like individuals, households, firms, or governments.
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I believe that longitudinal data is data over time. Here is one online definition:
Longitudinal data =panel data: Data from a (usually small) number of observations over time on a (usually large) number of cross-sectional units like individuals, households, firms, or governments.
Longitudinal data =panel data: Data from a (usually small) number of observations over time on a (usually large) number of cross-sectional units like individuals, households, firms, or governments.
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Soheil,
This is from http://www.caldercenter.org/whatis.cfm .What Are Longitudinal Data?
A dataset is longitudinal if it tracks the same type of information on the same subjects at multiple points in time. For example, part of a longitudinal dataset could contain specific students and their standa00
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Priodical isn't a word either. Do you mean periodical?
Periodical means: occurring or appearing at intervals; occasional.
If longitudinal means to track the same type of information on the same subjects at multiple points in time, I suppose that periodic (or periodical) could work.
However, and I don't know why, it just doesn't seem right to me.
Perhaps someone else c
Periodical means: occurring or appearing at intervals; occasional.
If longitudinal means to track the same type of information on the same subjects at multiple points in time, I suppose that periodic (or periodical) could work.
However, and I don't know why, it just doesn't seem right to me.
Perhaps someone else c
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No opinion. Though the meanings might be construed as similar here, I presume that the researcher knows better than I the mot juste in his own field.
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