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Tag Archives: time
Who should be responsible for policy evaluation?
The Guardian has published a note by Nick Axford on when a charity might wish to carry out a randomised controlled trial. Axford works for a charity which promotes the use of evidence in designing services for children and families. … Continue reading
Posted in Academic research, Journalism
Tagged charities, Government, longitudinal, regression to the mean, third sector, time
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Time use surveys and volunteering
I’ve been reading up on the available (UK) time use data on volunteering and found a short technical paper produced by Kimberley Fisher from the Centre for Time Use Research. The paper’s interesting in its own right, but here’s what … Continue reading
Posted in Methods, PhD
Tagged time, time use, volunteering
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Time-varying covariates III
A thought occurs. Longitudinal data allows change to be studied within individuals was well as within populations. This is ‘a good thing’. You can look at whether a training programme affected an individual’s employment status, for example. Or whether breakfast … Continue reading
Population projection – and it’s depressing
My take-home message from today was slightly depressing. Sure, women do indeed live longer than men – but they live nearly all of those extra years with a disability. Sigh… I have a lingering interest in long-term care (for which … Continue reading
Posted in Academic research, Demography, Methods
Tagged change, population, projection, time
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Time-varying covariates II
My division runs a reading group. The subject is always methodological – this semester it’s a textbook on longitudinal data analysis (“Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modeling Change and Event Occurrence” by Singer and Willett, for those who are interested). The … Continue reading
Time-varying covariates
In an analysis of longitudinal data, you find variables which change over time (e.g. marital status) and those that do not (e.g. date of birth). I was forced to think about the place of time-varying covariates in longitudinal data analysis … Continue reading
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Tagged change, longitudinal, time
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