CBA Office Hours on Linear Regression
It is critical for researchers in the behavioral, health, and social sciences to have a full understanding of the linear regression model. Not only is…
Category: Office Hours Videos
Growth Models with Time-Varying Covariates
In a prior episode of Office Hours, Patrick discussed predicting growth by time-invariant covariates (TICs), predictors for which the numerical values are constant over time.…
Growth Models with Time-Invariant Covariates
Once an optimal model of linear or nonlinear change has been established, it is often of interest to try to predict individual differences in change…
Modeling Nonlinear Growth Trajectories
In this installment to our series of Office Hour videos on growth curve modeling, Patrick describes how to model nonlinear trajectories. Although the most basic…
Introduction to latent class / profile analysis
Although latent class analysis (LCA) and latent profile analysis (LPA) were developed decades ago, these models have gained increasing recent prominence as tools for understanding…
Growth modeling within a structural equation modeling framework
In a prior episode of Office Hours, Patrick explored “Growth modeling in a multilevel modeling framework.” In the current episode he discusses how growth models…
Growth modeling within a multilevel modeling framework
In an earlier episode of Office Hours, Patrick addressed the question, “What is growth curve modeling?” In this episode he explores how a growth curve…
Coding time in growth models
Whether estimating growth models in a structural equation or multilevel modeling framework, the researcher must choose how to numerically code the passage of time. In…
Why use a Structural Equation Model?
In this edition of CBA Office Hours, Dan discusses some of the principal advantages of the structural equation model (SEM) relative to more traditional data…
The Many Uses of Network Analysis
The past two decades have given rise to significant advances in the development and application of methods for analyzing networks, particularly within the behavioral and…