Introductory And Intermediate Growth Models - Mplus
Introductory And Intermediate Growth Models - Mplus
Introductory And Intermediate Growth Models - Mplus
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Simple Examples Of <strong>Growth</strong> Modeling63Steps In <strong>Growth</strong> Modeling• Preliminary descriptive studies of the data: means,variances, correlations, univariate and bivariatedistributions, outliers, etc.• Determine the shape of the growth curve from theoryand/or data• Individual plots• Mean plot• Consider change in variance across time• Fit model without covariates using fixed time scores• Modify model as needed• Add covariates6432