Latent growth mixture models: An important new tool for developmental researchers

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 635-637

  Stanger, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental psychopathology; Latent growth mixture models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846121935     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.484     Document Type: Review

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