title: Comparison of methods of analysis using data of the panel study of the Federal Institute for Population Research (BIB).
abstract: The author compares methods of analysis using data from a panel study of the Federal Republic of Germany's Institute for Population Research. "This does not only involve a comparison of the methods as such, but above all also a comparison of the results (of these methods), of their presentation and of the possibilities of interpreting them.  The three programmes selected for this paper represent methods for...so-called multivariate analysis, in particular for the analysis of non-metric data as they are included in the panel study...."  Data are for a sample of 1,868 women interviewed at least twice and concern women's educational status and the qualities of motherhood.
mesh_terms: D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005060:Europe; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005860:Germany, West; D009035:Mothers; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010290:Parents; D012106:Research; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Comparative Studies; Data Analysis; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Europe; Evaluation; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Germany, Federal Republic Of; Mothers; Multivariate Analysis; Parents; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Statistical Studies; Western Europe