A SAS procedure based on mixture models for estimating developmental trajectories

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 374-393

  Jones, Bobby L ^a   Nagin, Daniel S ^a   Roeder, Kathryn ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035530692     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124101029003005     Document Type: Article

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