The Impact of Methodological Changes in Gerontology
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Aging & Human Development
- Vol. 35 (1) , 19-29
- https://doi.org/10.2190/04rm-kpu0-7g7r-0hek
Abstract
The impact of methodological changes on gerontology is illustrated by discussing the example of the age-cohort-period problem as an innovation in research design, and examining the case of confirmatory factor analysis as an illustration of how methodological innovation informs theory.Keywords
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