เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	ระเบียบวิธีบันทึกประจำวันตามช่วงเวลา	การสำรวจแบบระยะยาว
สาขาวิชา	ระเบียบวิธีสำรวจ	ระเบียบวิธีสำรวจ
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1942 (diary method); longitudinal variant formalised 1980s–2000s	1940s (panel survey tradition); longitudinal designs codified mid-20th century
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Allport (1942); systematic longitudinal extension developed by Bolger, Davis & Rafaeli (2003)	Established tradition; formalized in social science by Paul Lazarsfeld and colleagues (1940s panel studies)
ประเภท	Longitudinal qualitative/quantitative data collection	Quantitative / mixed-methods survey design
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Bolger, N., Davis, A., & Rafaeli, E. (2003). Diary methods: Capturing life as it is lived. Annual Review of Psychology, 54(1), 579–616.	Menard, S. (2002). Longitudinal Research (2nd ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-0761922292
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	diary study (longitudinal), daily diary method, repeated-measures diary, longitudinal self-report diary	panel survey, repeated-measures survey, longitudinal panel study, wave survey
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	3	3
สรุป	The Longitudinal Diary Method is a data collection technique in which participants record experiences, thoughts, feelings, or behaviors in structured diary entries repeatedly over an extended period — from days to months or even years. Unlike a one-shot survey, it tracks within-person change, daily fluctuation, and temporal processes in natural settings, making it especially powerful for studying how phenomena evolve over time.	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.