Behavioral landscapes and earth mover's distance: A new approach for studying individual differences in density distributions

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 191-205

  Ram, Nilam ^a,b   Benson, Lizbeth ^a   Brick, Timothy R ^a   Conroy, David E ^a,c   Pincus, Aaron L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological momentary assessment; Intensive longitudinal data; Interpersonal behavior; Longitudinal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978792045     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.010     Document Type: Article

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