Using fractional polynomials to model non-linear trends in longitudinal data

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 177-203

  Long, Jeffrey ^a   Ryoo, Jihoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BRAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77950473192     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711009X431509     Document Type: Article

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