Preface

This volume began as a nightmare.

Once upon a time, life for social and behavioral scientists was (relatively) simple. When a research design called for repeated measures data, the data were analyzed with repeated measures analysis of variance. The BMDP 2V module was frequently the package of choice for the calculations.

Life today is more complicated. There are many more choices. Does the researcher need to model behavior at the level of the individual as well as at the level of the group? Should the researcher use the familiar and well-understood least-squares criterion? Should the researcher turn to the maximum likelihood criterion for assessing the overall fit of a model? Is it possible and is it desirable to represent the repeated ...

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