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>The researchers lost touch with 13 people, while 57 people died and 332 declined to take part." This is one of the major downsides to longitudinal studies— pe
by docbrown 8y ago
>The researchers lost touch with 13 people, while 57 people died and 332 declined to take part."
This is one of the major downsides to longitudinal studies— people are unpredictable.
- RyanOD 8y agoI wonder if we'll see that change with the proliferation of communication across so many mediums. Between mail, email, texting, voice, social media, etc. staying in touch with a cohort might be much easier and more sustainable.
- kgwgk 8y agoThey lost touch with 2.6% of the participants. There is not much room for improvement there.