The consequences of ignoring individuals' mobility in multilevel growth models: A monte carlo study

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-56

  Luo, Wen ^a   Kwok, Oi man ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross classified random effects models; mobility; multilevel growth models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856562414     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998610394366     Document Type: Review

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