On the necessity to use person-specific data analysis approaches in psychology

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-39

  Molenaar, Peter C M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Nomothetic modelling; Non ergodicity; Psychology; Replicated time series; Statistical modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873174022     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2012.747435     Document Type: Article

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