Categorical Variables in Developmental Research

Download or read book Categorical Variables in Developmental Research written by Alexander von Eye and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1996-02-05 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Categorical Variables in Developmental Research provides developmental researchers with the basic tools for understanding how to utilize categorical variables in their data analysis. Covering the measurement of individual differences in growth rates, the measurement of stage transitions, latent class and log-linear models, chi-square, and more, the book provides a means for developmental researchers to make use of categorical data. - Measurement and repeated observations of categorical data - Catastrophe theory - Latent class and log-linear models - Applications