Sampling Development

Autor/inn/en	Adolph, Karen E.; Robinson, Scott R.
Titel	Sampling Development
Quelle	In: Journal of Cognition and Development, 12 (2011) 4, S.411-423 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1524-8372
DOI	10.1080/15248372.2011.608190
Schlagwörter	Intervals; Children; Sampling; Developmental Psychology; Models; Researchers; Case Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Entwicklungspsychologie; Analogiemodell; Researcher; Forscher; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	Research in developmental psychology requires sampling at different time points. Accurate depictions of developmental change provide a foundation for further empirical studies and theories about developmental mechanisms. However, overreliance on widely spaced sampling intervals in cross-sectional and longitudinal designs threatens the validity of the enterprise. This article addresses how to sample development to accurately discern the shape of developmental change. The ideal solution is daunting: to summarize behavior over 24-hour intervals and collect daily samples during the critical periods of change. The article also addresses the magnitude of errors due to under-sampling and the risks associated with oversampling. When daily sampling is not feasible, suggestions are offered for sampling methods that can provide preliminary reference points and provisional sketches of the general shape of a developmental trajectory. Denser sampling then can be applied strategically during periods of enhanced variability, inflections in the rate of developmental change, or in relation to key events or processes that may affect the course of change. Despite the challenges of dense repeated sampling, researchers must take seriously the problem of sampling on a developmental time scale if we are to know the true shape of developmental change. (Contains 1 figure and 9 resources.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10