Statistical power of latent growth curve models to detect quadratic growth

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 357-371

  Diallo, Thierno M O ^a   Morin, Alexandre J S ^b   Parker, Philip D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convergence; Latent curve models; Monte Carlo; Power analysis; Structural equation models; Type I error rates

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84901364213     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-013-0395-1     Document Type: Article

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