Growth curve modeling: Theory and applications

Growth Curve Modeling: Theory and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-437

  Panik, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ESTIMATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

DYNAMIC SITE EQUATION; GROWTH CURVE MODELS; NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; NONLINEAR MIXED EFFECTS; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 85015174403     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118763971     Document Type: Book

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