Controlling for individual heterogeneity in longitudinal models, with applications to student achievement

Electronic Journal of Statistics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 223-252

  Lockwood, J R ^a   McCaffrey, Daniel F ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed effects models; Longitudinal data analysis; Omitted variables; Random effects models

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349542123     PISSN: 19357524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-EJS057     Document Type: Article

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