Comparison of methods of handling missing time-invariant covariates in latent growth models under the assumption of missing completely at random

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 609-634

  Cheung, Mike W L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Latent growth models; Missing data; Multilevel models; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548536810     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428106295499     Document Type: Article

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