Emily is a Principal Research Officer at the London Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime. She designs and manages surveys of residents and victims of crime, focused on attitudes towards, and experiences of, policing in London. She obtained an MA in Longitudinal Social Research, followed by a PhD in Survey Methodology from the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, writing her thesis on the sources of measurement error in panel surveys. She has previously worked as a Survey Manager at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University College London, on the design and implementation of the British birth cohort studies housed there. Her research interests centre on issues around attitude measurement, data quality, longitudinal data collection, and the use of new technology and innovative methods for data collection.
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Chapter 1: What is longitudinal research? Chapter 2: Types of longitudinal study designs Chapter 3: Understanding the sample Chapter 4: Attrition and missing data Chapter 5: Panel conditioning Chapter 6: Respondent recall and reporting Chapter 7: Question types, features and comparability Chapter 8: Mode of data collection - verbal modes Chapter 9: Mode of data collection - visual modes Chapter 10: The implications of design choices for longitudinal studies Chapter 11: Analysing longitudinal data Chapter 12: Talking about longitudinal data
This is an excellent methodological book for students and researchers looking to understand the art of large-scale longitudinal data collection. Gilbert manages to convey complex concepts in a simple and succinct manner whilst providing a wide range of examples that further facilitate understanding, resulting in an exemplar teaching resource. -- Stella Chatzitheochari