Analyzing Repeated Surveys (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)

163 Pages·1997·0.73 MB·English

by  Glenn Firebaugh

Analyzing Repeated Surveys Sage
University Papers Series. Quantitative
title:
Applications in the Social Sciences ; No.
07-115
author: Firebaugh, Glenn.
publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
isbn10 | asin: 0803973985
print isbn13: 9780803973985
ebook isbn13: 9780585216737
language: English
Social surveys, Social surveys--
subject
Methodology, Change (Psychology)
publication date: 1997
lcc: HN29.F54 1997eb
ddc: 300/.723
Social surveys, Social surveys--
subject:
Methodology, Change (Psychology)
Analyzing Repeated Surveys
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Analyzing Repeated Surveys
Glenn Firebaugh
Pennsylvania State University
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Contents
Series Editor's Introduction v
Preface vii
1. Introduction 1
Repeated Surveys: Same Questions, Different Samples 1
Repeated Surveys Versus Panel Surveys 2
Analytic Designs for Repeated Surveys 4
A Note on Terminology 5
2. Distinguishing Age, Period, and Cohort Effects 6
Age, Period, and Cohort Effects 6
The Identification Problem 8
Strategies for Overcoming the Identification Problem 9
3. Aggregate Trends 12
Smoothing Trends 12
Group Differences in Trends: Convergence and 14
Divergence
Empirical Example of the Divergence Model: Testing 17
the Age Polarization Thesis
4. Decomposing Aggregate Trends 20
Intracohort Change Versus Overall Change 21
Linear Decomposition 23
Empirical Example: Trend in Antiblack Prejudice 26
Algebraic Decomposition 27
Empirical Example: Trend in Antiblack Prejudice 29
Revisited
When Does Aggregate Change Outpace Individual 29
Change?
Empirical Example of the Rule: Gender Role Attitudes 32
Concluding Remark 35