Model Specification Searches in Latent Growth Modeling: A Monte Carlo Study

This dissertation investigated the optimal strategy for the model specification search in the latent growth modeling. Although developing an initial model based on the theory from prior research is favored, sometimes researchers may need to specify the starting model in the absence of theory. In thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kim, Min Jung
Other Authors: Kwok, Oi-man
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
Subjects:
LGM
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-11147