title: Armitage Lecture 2011: the design and analysis of life history studies.
abstract: Life history studies collect information on events and other outcomes during people's lifetimes. For example, these may be related to childhood development, education, fertility, health, or employment. Such longitudinal studies have constraints on the selection of study members, the duration and frequency of follow-up, and the accuracy and completeness of information obtained. These constraints, along with factors associated with the definition and measurement of certain outcomes, affect our ability to understand, model, and analyze life history processes. My objective here is to discuss and illustrate some issues associated with the design and analysis of life history studies.
authors: Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. jlawless@uwaterloo.ca
authors: Jerald F
authors: JF
authors: Lawless
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012107:Research Design