METHODS OF RESEARCH
SURVEY RESEARCH
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Panel Study
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Census
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Cohort study
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Trend study
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Cross-sectional survey
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Detailed explanation-1: -Panel sampling involves randomly choosing a group of people to be part of a panel that takes part in a study several times over a period of time. For example, in a longitudinal survey, the same panel of people might be surveyed repeatedly over time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Difficulty with attrition Panel studies require long-term time investments so that initial samples might be lost to deaths, migration, or loss of interest in the study.
Detailed explanation-3: -In a trend study, different samples from a popula-tion whose members may change are surveyed at dif-ferent points in time. For example, a researcher might be interested in the attitudes of high school principals toward the use of flexible scheduling.
Detailed explanation-4: -Examples include the US Panel Study on Income Dynamics (since 1968), the German Socio-economic Panel Study (since 1984), the British Household Panel Survey (since 1991), the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (since 2001) and the European Community Household Panel (1994-2001).