Assignment task: Dr. Carr talks about life course and longitudinal studies. She talks about her work with the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study to discuss issues of measurement, sampling, and study design.
Q1. Describe the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study and Carr's Research Questions. What is her study about?
Q2. What is a codebook?
Q3. What are the main findings and explanation of these?
Q4. Why does Carr recommend conducting interviews after looking at survey results?
Q5. What is selective attrition and why is this a problem?
Q6. What does Carr mean when she says 'we take a lot of heat for not being generalizable?' What are these limitations and how the researcher address these?
Q7. Is this an example of ethical research? Anti-oppressive research? Why or why not?