The Consequences of Ignoring Variability in Measurement Occasions Within Data Collection Waves in Latent Growth Models

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-160

  Aydin, Burak ^a   Leite, Walter L ^a   Algina, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84898742325     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2014.887901     Document Type: Article

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