Attrition in Longitudinal Studies Using Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis
Description:
Longitudinal methods have become an improved and essential means of measuring intra-individual change over time. Yet one of the greatest and most hazardous drawbacks studying participants over multiple sessions can be the loss of participants over time. This study attempts to illuminate the problem of attrition in longitudinal research by estimating the mean effect sizes for participant loss across 57 studies published in 13 prestigious journals which regularly use older participants. Results e…
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Date:
December 2005
Creator:
Rhodes, Anthony Ryan