A multilevel modeling approach to examining individual differences in skill acquisition for a computer-based task

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2007, Pages 85-96

  Nair, Sankaran N ^a   Czaja, Sara J ^a   Sharit, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34548023935     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.special_issue_1.85     Document Type: Article

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