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Methodological Issues of Longitudinal Surveys

The Example of the National Educational Panel Study

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Editors:
  1. Hans-Peter Blossfeld

    1. Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

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  2. Jutta von Maurice

    1. Direktorium, Leibniz Inst of Edu courses (LIfBi), Bamberg, Germany

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  3. Michael Bayer

    1. LIfBi, Bamberg, Germany

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  4. Jan Skopek

    1. SPS, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

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  • Insights in longitudinal research on competence development and educational processes

  • Whole spectrum of social science survey practice

  • Problems and solutions of a unique approach in longitudinal research

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. I. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The National Educational Panel Study: Milestones of the Years 2006 to 2015

      • Jutta von Maurice, Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Hans-Günther Roßbach
      Pages 3-18

    3. Analytic Strategies for the Study of Adaptation to Major Life Events: Making the Most of Large-Scale Longitudinal Surveys

      • Frank J. Infurna, Denis Gerstorf, Nilam Ram, Jutta Heckhausen
      Pages 19-35

  3. II. Sampling, Recruiting, and Fieldwork Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Weighting Panel Cohorts in Institutional Contexts

      • Hans Walter Steinhauer, Sabine Zinn, Christian Aßmann
      Pages 39-62

    3. Variance Estimation with Balanced Repeated Replication: An Application to the Fifth and Ninth Grader Cohort Samples of the National Educational Panel Study

      • Sabine Zinn
      Pages 63-84

    4. Challenges in Gaining Access: The School Cohorts of the National Educational Panel Study

      • André Müller-Kuller, Sonja Meixner, Michaela Sixt
      Pages 85-98

    5. Cooperation and Communication Within Scientific Organizations: The Role of Survey Coordination

      • Ina-Sophie Ristau
      Pages 99-110

    6. The Concept of Individual Retracking in NEPS—Approach, Practice, and First Empirical Evidence From Starting Cohorts 3 and 4

      • Michaela Sixt, Martin Goy, Georg Besuch
      Pages 111-132

    7. Challenges and Intentions of Target-Specific Public Relations Work

      • Götz Lechner, Julia Göpel, Anna Passmann
      Pages 133-148

  4. III. Longitudinal Measurement of Educational Processes: Surveys and Constructs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Video-Based Assessment and Rating of Parent-Child Interaction Within the National Educational Panel Study

      • Anja Sommer, Claudia Hachul, Hans-Günther Roßbach
      Pages 151-167

    3. Measuring Personality Traits of Young Children— Results From a NEPS Pilot Study

      • Doreen Müller, Tobias Linberg, Michael Bayer, Thorsten Schneider, Florian Wohlkinger
      Pages 169-180

    4. Measuring Self-Concept in the NEPS

      • Florian Wohlkinger, Michael Bayer, Hartmut Ditton
      Pages 181-193

    5. Identifying Immigrants and Their Descendants in the National Educational Panel Study

      • Cornelia Kristen, Melanie Olczyk, Gisela Will
      Pages 195-211

    6. Measuring Health in a Longitudinal Education Study

      • Johann Carstensen, Anja Gottburgsen, Monika Jungbauer-Gans
      Pages 213-232

    7. The Standard Stress Scale (SSS): Measuring Stress in the Life Course

      • Christiane Gross, Katharina Seebaß
      Pages 233-249

    8. Validity of Survey Data of Students with Special Educational Needs— Results From the National Educational Panel Study

      • Lena Nusser, Jana Heydrich
      Pages 251-266

    9. The Conceptualization, Development, and Validation of an Instrument for Measuring the Formal Learning Environment in Higher Education

      • Hildegard Schaeper, Thomas Weiß
      Pages 267-290
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About this book

This book addresses a broad array of pressing challenges of longitudinal surveys and provides innovative solutions to methodological problems based on the example of the NEPS. It covers longitudinal issues such as sampling, weighting, recruiting and fieldwork management, the design of longitudinal surveys and the implementation of constructs, conducting competence tests over the life course, effective methods to improve and to maintain the highest level of data quality, data management tools for large-scale longitudinal surveys, the dissemination of research data to heterogeneous scientific communities, as well as establishing a long-term public relations and communications unit integrating a study’s stakeholder community over time.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

    Hans-Peter Blossfeld

  • Direktorium, Leibniz Inst of Edu courses (LIfBi), Bamberg, Germany

    Jutta von Maurice

  • LIfBi, Bamberg, Germany

    Michael Bayer

  • SPS, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

    Jan Skopek

About the editors

Hans-Peter Blossfeld is on leave from his Chair in Sociology at Bamberg University since 2012 and holds a Chair in Sociology at the European University Institute in Florence.   

Jutta von Maurice is the executive director of research of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories at the University of Bamberg.

Michael Bayer is operational manager of the operational unit ‘Motivational Variables and Personality Aspects Across the Life Course’ at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories at the University of Bamberg.

Jan Skopek is senior research scientist at the Comparative Life Course & Inequality Research Center of the European University Institute in Florence and is conducting cross-national comparisons in the eduLIFE project, which is supported by an advanced grant from the ERC. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Methodological Issues of Longitudinal Surveys

  • Book Subtitle: The Example of the National Educational Panel Study

  • Editors: Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jutta von Maurice, Michael Bayer, Jan Skopek

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-11994-2

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-11992-8Published: 11 April 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-11994-2Published: 01 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 741

  • Number of Illustrations: 87 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Lifelong Learning/Adult Education, Learning & Instruction

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