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Introductory And Intermediate Growth Models - Mplus

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Specifying Time Scores ForLinear <strong>Growth</strong> <strong>Models</strong> (Continued)Outcome1 2 3 4 5 6 7Time• Nonequidistant time scores 0 1 4 5 6for slope: 0 .1 .4 .5 .6or43Interpretation Of The Linear <strong>Growth</strong> FactorsModel:y ti = η 0i + η 1i x t + ε ti , (17)where in the example t = 1, 2, 3, 4 and x t = 0, 1, 2, 3:y 1i = η 0i + η 1i 0 + ε 1i , (18)η 0i = y 1i – ε 1i , (19)y 2i = η 0i + η 1i 1 + ε 2i , (20)y 3i = η 0i + η 1i 2 + ε 3i , (21)y 4i = η 0i + η 1i 3 + ε 4i . (22)4422

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