Сравнение на методи

	Панелни изследвания	Напречно-секторно изследване
Област	Дизайн на изследването	Дизайн на изследването
Семейство	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Година на възникване	1970s-1980s (econometric formalization); earlier social survey use from 1940s	Late 19th–early 20th century; methodologically codified through the 20th century
Създател	Social science and econometric traditions; systematized by Cheng Hsiao and others from the 1970s-1980s	No single originator; foundational methodological treatments by Stuart Menard and Judith Singer & John Willett
Тип	Quantitative longitudinal observational design	Quantitative (or mixed) observational research design
Основополагащ източник	Hsiao, C. (2003). Analysis of Panel Data (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0521522717	Menard, S. (2002). Longitudinal Research (2nd ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-0761922841
Други названия	panel study, panel survey, longitudinal panel, repeated-measures panel	longitudinal study, longitudinal design, prospective longitudinal study, repeated-measures observational study
Свързани	3	4
Резюме	Panel research is a quantitative longitudinal design in which the same individuals, organizations, or other units are measured repeatedly across two or more time points. Unlike cross-sectional surveys that capture a single snapshot, a panel tracks change within units, enabling researchers to separate genuine within-unit change from between-unit differences and to model causal dynamics over time.	Longitudinal research is an observational design in which the same participants, groups, or units are measured repeatedly over an extended period. Rather than capturing a single snapshot, it tracks change, stability, and temporal sequencing of variables — making it the primary non-experimental strategy for studying development, growth, decline, and the unfolding of causal processes across time.