Assessing Growth in Longitudinal Investigations: Selected Measurement and Design Issues

Handbook of Research Methods in Developmental Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 320-339

  Hartmann, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Data processing; Developmental standards; Longitudinal data; Measurement invariance; Quality control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889269716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470756676.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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