Research at Work: Administrative Data and Behavioral Sciences Research

Administrative data may provide rich, relatively inexpensive, unbiased, and accurate information that can be used to explore various research questions without imposing any additional burden to the participants. Understanding the data, having the ability to deal with its complexity, and ensuring dat...

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Published in:Families in society 2017-04, Vol.98 (2), p.121-125
Main Author: Yampolskaya, Svetlana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Behavioral sciences
Bias
Data
Information
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Summary:Administrative data may provide rich, relatively inexpensive, unbiased, and accurate information that can be used to explore various research questions without imposing any additional burden to the participants. Understanding the data, having the ability to deal with its complexity, and ensuring data security are the keys to the successful use of administrative data sets.
ISSN:1044-3894
1945-1350
DOI:10.1606/1044-3894.2017.98.17