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George Ploubidis, PhD, Professor of Population, Health, and Statistics at the Department of Social Science, and Director of Research and Chief Statistician at the Center for Longitudinal Studies at University College, London, discusses longitudinal surveys, birth cohort studies, and big data including the kind of measures captured in longitudinal studies, whether birth-cohort studies are "big data", challenges working with large-scale longitudinal studies, an example of a birth-cohort study, how the data are analyzed, software or tools to manage the data, types of research questions that can be answered with these studies, and advice for someone interested in research using longitudinal and birth-cohort data.
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Chapter 1: What is a Longitudinal Survey?
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Chapter 2: What Kind of Measures or Data Points are Captured in Longitudinal Studies?
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Chapter 3: Can the Data in Birth Cohort Studies be Considered 'Big Data'?
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Chapter 4: What Challenges are There When Working With Large-Scale Longitudinal Studies?
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Chapter 5: Can You Give an Example of Your Own Work on Birth Cohort Studies?
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Chapter 6: How do you Analyze These Data?
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Chapter 7: Do You Use any Particular Software or Tool to Help You Manage the Data?
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Chapter 8: What Other Types of Research Questions Can You Answer Using Birth-Cohort Studies?
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Chapter 9: What Advice do You Have for Someone Looking to Work With Longitudinal and Birth Cohort Data for the First Time?
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