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  • Using Existing Data Sets to Study Aging and the Elderly: An Introduction

  • Charlyn Black
  • Journal:
    Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement / Volume 14 / Issue S1 / Été/Summer 1995
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    29 November 2010, pp. 135-150

  • The advancement of computer systems has led to the existence of large and detailed existing computerized data sets, many of which contain useful information for studying the elderly and the aging process. This paper identifies several types of existing large data bases and provides examples of each. Strengths and weaknesses of working with existing data are discussed and strategies for conducting secondary data analysis of large data sets are outlined. Existing data sets represent large investments in the collection of individual data and have great potential to provide answers to important questions in the field of aging research.