Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modeling Change and Event Occurrence

by John B. Willett and Judith D. Singer

Book Overview

Change is constant in everyday life. Infants crawl and then walk, children learn to read and write, teenagers mature in myriad ways, the elderly become frail and forgetful. Beyond these natural processes and events, external forces and interventions instigate and disrupt change: test scores may rise after a coaching course, drug abusers may remain abstinent after residential treatment. By charting changes over time and investigating whether and when...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195152964
• ISBN13: 9780195152968
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"