Pooling Data From Multiple Longitudinal Studies: The Role of Item Response Theory in Integrative Data Analysis

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-380

  Curran, Patrick J ^a   Hussong, Andrea M ^a   Cai, Li ^a   Huang, Wenjing ^a   Chassin, Laurie ^b   Sher, Kenneth J ^c,d   Zucker, Robert A ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

growth modeling; integrative data analysis; item response theory; pooling data

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049120449     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.2.365     Document Type: Article

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