Group-based trajectory modeling in clinical research

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 109-138

  Nagin, Daniel S ^a   Odgers, Candice L ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Dual trajectory models; Growth mixture modeling; Longitudinal data

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN LEARNING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GROUP BASED TRAJECTORY MODEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL;

EID: 77952899701     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.121208.131413     Document Type: Review

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