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Title: Clear, easy to follow intro to LGCM theory and techniques
Review: This is an excellent book for anyone who wishes to not only understand the theory behind latent growth curve modeling but also seeing how it is directly applied in a number of situations. For a reader like me who depends upon the literature to help understand newer statistical approaches, a book like this is a breath of fresh air. The book presents very clearly how to set up a basic LGC model and includes other topics such as dealing with missing data, interaction effects and multilevel approaches to longitudinal data analysis. The appendix contains a number of example LGCM models in the software language of EQS, LISREL and AMOS. I most highly recommend this text for beginners and more advanced modelers alike!
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