Detecting and Correcting Attrition Bias in Longitudinal Family Research
Keywords
attrition bias, external validity, Heckman's proce- dure, internal validity, longitudinal studi
Abstract
Bias due to the attrition of respondents poses a threat to the internal and external validity offind- ings in longitudinal family research. Differences in characteristics between two samples at initial and subsequent waves is a threat to external va- lidity, and differences in the relationships be- tween variables in the samples is a threat to inter- nal validity. Methods of detecting attrition bias are discussed, and Heckman's procedure to cor- rect attrition bias is presented. Data from the University of Southern California Longitudinal Study of Generations (N = 2,044) are used to il- lustra
Original Publication Citation
Miller, R.B., & Wright, D. (1995). Correction for attrition bias in longitudinal analyses. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57, 921-929.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Miller, Rick B. and Wright, David W., "Detecting and Correcting Attrition Bias in Longitudinal Family Research" (1995). Faculty Publications. 2535.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/2535
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1995-11
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/5369
Publisher
Journal of Marriage and Family
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Sociology
Copyright Status
Journal of Marriage and Family © 1995