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This 5 page paper looks at 2 longitudinal studies, and outlining their contents, the way the statistics are used, the tests which have been incorporated and what they are trying to prove, the studies are A Longitudinal Study of Adult Life Experiences and Developmental Outcomes by Sharan B. Merriam and Baiyin Yang and Gender, gender roles and completion of nursing education: A longitudinal study by Katrina McLaughlin, Orla T. Muldoon and Marianne Moutray. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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that is reliant on time passing and changes in attitudes or experiences,. Looking at two studies the benefit of longitudinal research may be assessed.
The research article A Longitudinal Study of Adult Life Experiences and Developmental Outcomes by Sharan B. Merriam and Baiyin Yang used a longitudinal approach to assess the
link between specific life experiences and developmental outcomes. The research was undertaken to assess due to the lack of solid research in this area, it is noted that there is
a great deal of anecdotal evidence the development and learning are linked to life experiences. There is research looking at the development processes and how this impacts on learning and
development, but there was a noted gap in the way specific life experiences may impact on specific learning and development areas, such as personal agency. The research is undertaken as
an exploratory study, using data from the National Longitudinal Study from the High School class of 1972. Data from these surveys regarding specific life experiences and outcomes was extracted and
analysed. The research, using longitudinal data has limited ethical issues, the research would need to ensure that any data given is not capable
of identifying any of the respondents, although this is unlikely, there is also the way that the data is analysed to ensure that it is in an objective manner to
give it reliability as the way it is used in helping people may rely in its integrity. Descriptive statistics are seen when
there is the description of the number of people that have experiences the specific events, such as being married, having children etc. However, they are used in tables where there
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