Now you see it, now you don't: A comparison of traditional versus random-effects regression models in the analysis of longitudinal follow-up data from a clinical trial

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 252-261

  Nich, Charla ^a,b   Carroll, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS; COCAINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031003769     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.65.2.252     Document Type: Article

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