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This article describes an alternative to typical cohort analysis procedures for modeling developmental processes using cohort data. The alternative strategy, a dynamic modeling approach, is illustrated by an analysis of trends in the strength of partisan identification in the United States 1952–1978. The proposed model accounts for observed Variation in partisan strength by age and cohort without any need to include those variables in the model itself.
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- Period Effect
- Cohort Effect
- Cohort Analysis
- American Sociological Review
- American Political Science Review
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Markus, G.B. (1985). Dynamic Modeling of Cohort Change: The Case of Political Partisanship. In: Mason, W.M., Fienberg, S.E. (eds) Cohort Analysis in Social Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8536-3_8
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