Cluster analysis as a method of recovering types of intraindividual growth trajectories: A Monte Carlo study

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 501-522

  Dumenci, Levent ^b   Windle, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 0035648556     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327906MBR3604_02     Document Type: Article

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