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Secondary Data Analysis: An Introduction for Psychologists

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We have sometimes joked that there is no good reason to collect new data, given the wealth of existing data sets that can be used to answer important research questions. These existing resources are often longitudinal and usually have sample sizes that are larger than most samples typically found in psychological research. Unfortunately, our enthusiasm for the analysis of secondary data sets such as the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), the British Household Panel Study (BHPS), the General Social Survey (GSS), the German Socioeconomic Panel Study (GSEOP), and Monitoring the Future (MTF) is not always widely shared by our col- leagues. We have even encountered a few psychologists who dismiss the importance of studies from these data sets. Nonetheless, the analysis of secondary data sets is common in allied fields such as sociology and economics, and the practice is gaining acceptance in psychology (see, e.g., the 1991 special section of Developmental Psychology; Brooks-Gunn & Chase-Lansdale, 1991). One potential barrier to greater acceptance of secondary data analysis, however, is that the methodological training of many psychologists does not introduce them to this approach.

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Secondary Data Analysis

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USA : American Psychological Association., 2011

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1-257

Language

English

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10: 1-4338-0877-3

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1st Edtion

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PSYCHOLOGY

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