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Attrition

By: Maggie Sumner
In: The SAGE Dictionary of Social Research Methods
Edited by: Victor Jupp

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The ‘wearing away’ or progressive loss of data in research.

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Attrition occurs when cases are lost from a sample over time or over a series of sequential processes. One form of sample attrition occurs in longitudinal research when the subjects studied drop out ...

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  Sumner, M. (2006). Attrition. In V. Jupp (Ed.), The SAGE dictionary of social research methods (pp. 13-13). SAGE Publications, Ltd, https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9780857020116.n9
  
  Sumner, Maggie. "Attrition." In The SAGE Dictionary of Social Research Methods, edited by Jupp, Victor, 13. London: SAGE Publications, Ltd, 2006. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9780857020116.n9.
  
  Sumner, M. 2006. Attrition. In: Victor Jupp Editor, 2006. The SAGE Dictionary of Social Research Methods, London: SAGE Publications, Ltd. pp. 13 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9780857020116.n9> [Accessed 27 Jun 2022].
  
  Sumner, Maggie. "Attrition." The SAGE Dictionary of Social Research Methods. Edited by Victor Jupp. London: SAGE Publications, Ltd, 2006, pp. 13. SAGE Research Methods. 27 Jun 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9780857020116.n9.
  
  Sumner, Maggie (2006). Attrition In: Jupp, Victor (Ed.),Attrition The SAGE dictionary of social research methods London: SAGE Publications, Ltd; 2006:13-13. doi:10.4135/9780857020116.n9
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