Investigating change across time in prevalence or association: the challenges of cross-study comparative research and possible solutions

• Main Authors: David Bann (Author), Liam Wright (Author), Alice Goisis (Author), Rebecca Hardy (Author), William Johnson (Author), Jane Maddock (Author), Eoin McElroy (Author), Vanessa Moulton (Author), Praveetha Patalay (Author), Shaun Scholes (Author), Richard J. Silverwood (Author), George B. Ploubidis (Author), Dara O'Neill (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Springer, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Cross-study research initiatives to understand change across time are an increasingly prominent component of social and health sciences, yet they present considerable practical, analytical and conceptual challenges. First, we discuss the key challenges to comparative research as a basis for...