Growth Curve Episode 1: What Is Growth Curve Modeling?

Growth curve models go by a variety of names (e.g., multilevel models, mixed effects models, latent curve models) but share a common focus on individual change over time. In this video, Patrick introduces the basic features of a growth curve model... For those who may wish to learn more about growth modeling, we have posted materials from a short introductory workshop at http://www.curranbauer.org/sra2016/. These materials include the data on antisocial behavior that Patrick described in the video as well as scripts for fitting linear growth models to this data in SAS, SPSS, Stata, and Mplus. We also offer summer workshops that provide coverage of different approaches to growth curve modeling and advanced topics (e.g., time-varying covariates, multivariate models, clustering within groups, growth mixture models, etc.). Details on our upcoming workshops are available at http://www.curranbauer.org/training/