This animation provides an insight in to the different types of longitudinal studies including cohort, household panel, and record linkage studies. It also focuses on the difference between prospective and retrospective studies. This animation is part of a series of five films designed to teach non-experts the basics of longitudinal studies.
Each animation relates to a key section of the CLOSER Learning Hub ([ Ссылка ]), our online educational resource which aims to help those new to longitudinal studies better understand the value of these studies and how to use the data.
The five animations focus on the following topics:
- Longitudinal studies: an overview
- Types of longitudinal studies
- Data collection tools
- Sampling
- Using longitudinal data for research
About CLOSER
CLOSER ([ Ссылка ]) is a consortium of world-leading longitudinal studies following participants born throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Our work maximises the use, value and impact of these, and other, longitudinal studies to help improve our understanding of key social and biomedical challenges.
