Introduction
PART ONE GENERAL RESEARCH METHODS IN GERONTOLOGICAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1 Increasing the Efficiency and Reducing the Costs of
Research on Representative Samples and Rare Universes of Older
People
Sampling Rare Populations Graham Kalton and Dallas W. Anderson
Secondary Analysis of Sample Surveys in Gerontological Research
Jersey Liang and Renée H. Lawrence
Telephone and Mail Surveys with Older Populations: A Methodological
Overview A. Regula Herzog and Richard A. Kulka
SECTION 2 How to Obtain Good Data from Older Subjects
Maximizing Data Quality in Community Studies of Older People
Frances M. Carp
SECTION 3 Methodological Issues in Specific Content Area
Medical Records as Sampling Frames and Data Sources Erdman B.
Palmore
Methodological Issues in Survey Research on Older Minority Adults
James S. Jackson
Recruitment Practices for Psychological Research in Gerontology
Cameron J. Camp, Robin L. West, and Leonard W. Poon
PART TWO LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH
SECTION 1 Longitudinal Panel Maintenance and Subject
Attrition
Longitudinal Study of Dementia Patients and Aged Controls: An
Approach to Methodologic Issues Barry Reisberg, Steven H. Ferris,
Gertrude Steinberg, Emma Shulman, Monty J. de Leon, and Elia
Sinaiko
Attrition in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging During the
First Twenty Years Sushil K. Sharma, Jordan D. Tobin, and Larry J.
Brant
Managing a Longitudinal Study: Lessons from the Social Security
Administration's Retirement History Study Alan Fox and Lola M.
Irelan
SECTION 2 Examples of Structural Equation Modeling and
Confirmatory Factor Analysis
An Example of Structural Modeling in Multiple-Occasion
Research Elizabeth Mutran
Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Scale Development and
Validation
Christopher Hertzog
SECTION 3 Conclusion: Scientific Change and Longitudinal
Research
Scientific Change and Longitudinal Research: Subjects,
Methods, and Environments Barry D. Lebowitz
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