Schaie K W
Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State University, University Park 16802.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 1992;35(1):19-29. doi: 10.2190/04RM-KPU0-7G7R-0HEK.
The impact of methodological changes on gerontology is illustrated by discussing the example of the age-cohort-period problem as an innovation in research design, and examining the case of confirmatory factor analysis as an illustration of how methodological innovation informs theory.
通过讨论年龄队列时期问题这一研究设计创新的例子来说明方法学变化对老年学的影响,并以验证性因素分析为例来考察方法学创新如何为理论提供信息。