Using the linear mixed model to analyze nonnormal data distributions in longitudinal designs

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1224-1238

  Arnau, Jaume ^a   Bono, Roser ^a   Blanca, María J ^b   Bendayan, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Kenward Roger method; Linear mixed model; Longitudinal data; Nonnormal distributions; Robustness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84870559991     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-012-0196-y     Document Type: Article

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