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Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Research in Developmental Science: Uses and Methodological Choices
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Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Weisner, Thomas S.; Kalil, Ariel; Way, Niobe – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Multiple methods are vital to understanding development as a dynamic, transactional process. This article focuses on the ways in which quantitative and qualitative methodologies can be combined to enrich developmental science and the study of human development, focusing on the practical questions of "when" and "how." Research situations that may…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research, Individual Development
Emergence of Adult Intellectual Structure: Prior to or during Adolescence
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Fitzgerald, Joseph M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1973
A cross-sectional, stratified random sample of 1,891 male and female adolescents (age range from 12 years 6 months to 17 years 6 months) was tested in 1970 with the Grades 9-12 form of the Primary Mental Abilities test. (Editor)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Data Analysis, Individual Characteristics
Effects of Sibling Structure and Interaction on Children's Categorization Style
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Cicirelli, Victor G. – Developmental Psychology, 1973
One hundred sixty sibling pairs from two child families were sampled for sibling interaction behaviors as they relate to measures of categorization style. The study provides additional evidence of the importance of a child's siblings to his cognitive development. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Teaching