Full Description
This book is unique in its focus on showing students in the behavioral sciences how to analyze longitudinal data using R software. The book focuses on application, making it practical and accessible to students in psychology, education, and related fields, who have a basic foundation in statistics. It provides explicit instructions in R computer programming throughout the book, showing students exactly how a specific analysis is carried out and how output is interpreted.
"This text excels in the explanation of models with the side-by-side use of R, so the audience can see the models in action. There is a gentle coverage of the mathematics driving the models, which does not seem intimidating to a non technical audience."—William Anderson, Cornell University
Contents
About the Author
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Brief Introduction to R
Chapter 3. Data Structures and Longitudinal Analysis
Chapter 4. Graphing Longitudinal Data
Chapter 5. Introduction to Linear Mixed Effects Regression
Chapter 6. Overview of Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Chapter 7. Multimodel Inference and Akaike's Information Criterion
Chapter 8. Likelihood Ratio Test
Chapter 9. Selecting Time Predictors
Chapter 10. Selecting Random Effects
Chapter 11. Extending Linear Mixed Effects Regression
Chapter 12. Modeling Nonlinear Change
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics
Appendix: Soft Introduction to Matrix Algebra
References
Author Index
Subject Index
