The Importance of Temporal Design: How Do Measurement Intervals Affect the Accuracy and Efficiency of Parameter Estimates in Longitudinal Research?

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-55

  Timmons, Adela C ^a   Preacher, Kristopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84924061490     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2014.961056     Document Type: Article

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