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	Έρευνα τάσεων βάσει πάνελ	Διαχρονική Έρευνα
Πεδίο	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός	Μεθοδολογία Επισκοπήσεων
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1940s–1960s	1940s (panel survey tradition); longitudinal designs codified mid-20th century
Δημιουργός	Established through survey methodology and panel econometrics; foundational contributions by Paul Lazarsfeld (1940s) and later systematized by econometricians including Zvi Griliches and Yair Mundlak	Established tradition; formalized in social science by Paul Lazarsfeld and colleagues (1940s panel studies)
Τύπος	Quantitative longitudinal observational design	Quantitative / mixed-methods survey design
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Menard, S. (2002). Longitudinal Research (2nd ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-0761922452	Menard, S. (2002). Longitudinal Research (2nd ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-0761922292
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	panel trend study, longitudinal panel design, repeated-measures panel survey, panel survey trend analysis	panel survey, repeated-measures survey, longitudinal panel study, wave survey
Συναφείς	3	3
Σύνοψη	Panel-based trend research tracks the same group of respondents — the panel — across multiple measurement waves over time, enabling researchers to separate genuine individual-level change from cohort differences and to model how variables evolve within persons. Unlike repeated cross-sectional designs, which sample new participants at each wave, a panel design retains the same units, giving it the power to detect within-person trajectories and causal ordering among variables.	A longitudinal survey collects structured questionnaire data from the same individuals or units at two or more distinct points in time. By tracking the same respondents across waves, researchers can distinguish genuine change from stable individual differences, establish temporal ordering between variables, and model trajectories of attitudes, behaviors, or outcomes in ways that a single cross-sectional snapshot cannot support.