Three Methods for Processing Life-History Data

Terry Fain

Published 1980

Compares a commercially available package (SIR), a custom-written program (RETRO), and custom programming by a resident professional as alternative ways to manipulate and analyze life-history data. The focus is on a particular hierarchical dataset, the Malaysian Family Life Survey. Each method is evaluated with respect to scope, data preparation, data storage, program preparation, execution and output, and overall costs.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 1980
  • Pages: 31
  • Document Number: N-1544-AID

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Fain, Terry, Three Methods for Processing Life-History Data. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1980. https://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N1544.html.
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