A second-order conditionally linear mixed effects model with observed and latent variable covariates

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-136

  Harring, Jeffrey R ^a   Kohli, Nidhi ^a   Silverman, Rebecca D ^a   Speece, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditionally linear models; Latent variables; Nonlinear mixed effects models; Second order latent growth models; Structured latent curve models

Indexed keywords

GROWTH CHARACTERISTIC; GROWTH MODELS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; LATENT VARIABLE; LINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; NONLINEAR CHANGES; NONLINEAR MIXED EFFECTS;

EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84865660057     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2012.634729     Document Type: Article

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