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Modeling Discontinuous Change (Ch 6 of ALDA)

Posted on September 21, 2013 Updated on November 17, 2024

Chapter 6 of ALDA introduces strategies for fitting models in which individual change is discontinuous. This means the linear trajectory… Read more

Posted in Longitudinal Data Analysis, Multilevel Modeling, Using R     Tags: ALDA, discontinuous change, lme4     Leave a comment     


Treating Time More Flexibly (Ch 5 of ALDA)

Posted on August 4, 2013 Updated on March 11, 2015

Through 4 chapters of Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis (ALDA), the data sets have had the following constraints: Balanced – all… Read more

Posted in Longitudinal Data Analysis, Multilevel Modeling, Using R     Tags: ALDA, lme4     4 Comments     


Testing Composite Hypotheses about Fixed Effects (Ch 4 of ALDA)

Posted on July 25, 2013 Updated on March 11, 2015

I’m still on my ALDA kick here, this time posting about section 4.7 of Chapter 4. In my last post… Read more

Posted in Hypothesis Testing, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Multilevel Modeling, Using R     Tags: ALDA, general linear hypothesis, lme4, Wald statistic     Leave a comment     


Comparing Multilevel Models using Deviance Statistics (Ch 4 of ALDA)

Posted on July 24, 2013 Updated on November 17, 2024

The tour of Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis (ALDA) by Singer and Willett continues today with section 4.6, Comparing Models using… Read more

Posted in Longitudinal Data Analysis, Multilevel Modeling, Using R     Tags: ALDA, deviance, lme4, lmer     3 Comments     


Unconditional Multilevel Models for Change (Ch 4 of ALDA)

Posted on July 21, 2013 Updated on March 13, 2022

In Chapter 4 (section 4.4) of Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis (ALDA), Singer and Willett recommend fitting two simple unconditional models… Read more

Posted in Longitudinal Data Analysis, Multilevel Modeling, Using R     Tags: ALDA, lme4     5 Comments     


The Multilevel Model for Change (Ch 3 of ALDA) – revisited

Posted on July 20, 2013 Updated on November 17, 2024

In my previous post I talked about how to replicate the example in Chapter 3 of ALDA. It was mostly… Read more

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The Multilevel Model for Change (Ch 3 of ALDA)

Posted on July 19, 2013 Updated on November 17, 2024

ALDA stands for the book, Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis, by Singer and Willett. I’ve had this lying around for a… Read more

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