Dealing with short-term fluctuation in longitudinal research

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 65 B, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 698-705

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a   Nesselroade, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive change; Intra individual variability; Measurement burst

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77958155676     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq060     Document Type: Article

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