Evaluating Model Fit for Growth Curve Models: Integration of Fit Indices From SEM and MLM Frameworks

Psychological Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-201

  Wu, Wei ^a   West, Stephen G ^b   Taylor, Aaron B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

growth curve modeling; longitudinal data; model fit; multilevel modeling; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 70249111205     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015858     Document Type: Article

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