Factors Affecting the Adequacy and Preferability of Semiparametric Groups-Based Approximations of Continuous Growth Trajectories

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 590-634

  Sterba, Sonya K ^a   Baldasaro, Ruth E ^b   Bauer, Daniel J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84865262974     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2012.692639     Document Type: Article

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