This paper examines and discusses the biases and pitfalls of retrospective survey questions
that are currently being used in many medical, epidemiological, and sociological studies on …

Objectives To determine whether comparable prospective and retrospective data present
the same association between childhood and life course exposures and mid-life wellbeing …

There is potential for measurement problems in both retrospective and panel microdata. In
this paper, we compare results on basic indicators related to labor markets and their …

Errors in administrative processes cost clientele and organizations, yet are understudied.
Beyond efficiency losses, errors impose administrative burdens on clientele. Automation is a …

Long-term exposures to the stress and stimulation of different work, parenting, and
partnership combinations might influence later life cognition. We investigated the …

Purpose The efficiency-enhancing and performance-boosting benefits of lean six sigma
(LSS) practices have been advocated in both academia and industry. However, their …

Life course studies have the ambitious goal of relating one portion of the life history to
subsequent outcomes, which may themselves be later fragments of the overall history …

This article asks whether and under what conditions the use of retrospective or “recall”
measurement is reliable. Migration researchers are often forced to retrospectively measure …

The authors investigate the accuracy of young women's retrospective reporting on their first
substantial employment in three major, nationally representative US surveys, examining …

Life course studies need to use longitudinal data and focusing on vulnerability processes
that unfold in the medium or long term only reinforces this need by requiring very long data …