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Wave

A wave is a round of data collection in a particular longitudinal survey (for example, the age 7 wave of the National Child Development Study refers to the data collection that took place in 1965 when the participants were aged 7). Note that the term sweep often has the same meaning.

Source: Closer Learning Hub (Panel studies).