An extension of the general latent variable growth modeling framework to four levels of the hierarchy

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 303-3326

  Duncan, Terry E ^a   Duncan, Susan C ^a   Okut, Hayrettin ^a   Strycker, Lisa A ^a   Li, Fuzhong ^a  

^a OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

ANALYTIC APPROACH; FULL INFORMATION MAXIMUM LIKELIHOODS; GROWTH CURVE MODELS; LIMITED INFORMATION; LONGITUDINAL DATA; MULTILEVEL RESEARCHES; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0012338794     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328007SEM0903_1     Document Type: Article

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