AppliedLongitudinalAnalysis(WileySeriesinProbabilityandStatistics)

PraisefortheFirstEdition"...[thisbook]shouldbeontheshelfofeveryoneinterestedin...longitudinaldataanalysis."—JournaloftheAmericanStatisticalAssociationFeaturesnewlydevelopedtopicsandapplicationsoftheanalysisoflongitudinaldataAppliedLongitudinalAnalysis,SecondEditionpresentsmodernmethodsforanalyzingdatafromlongitudinalstudiesandnowfeaturesthelateststate-of-the-arttechniques.Thebookemphasizespractical,ratherthantheoretical,aspectsofmethodsfortheanalysisofdiversetypesoflongitudinaldatathatcanbeappliedacrossvariousfieldsofstudy,fromthehealthandmedicalsciencestothesocialandbehavioralsciences.Theauthorsincorporatetheirextensiveacademicandresearchexperiencealongwithvariousupdatesthathavebeenmadeinresponsetoreaderfeedback.TheSecondEditionfeaturessixnewlyaddedchaptersthatexploretopicscurrentlyevolvinginthefield,including:FixedeffectsandmixedeffectsmodelsMarginalmodelsandgeneralizedestimatingequationsApproximatemethodsforgeneralizedlinearmixedeffectsmodelsMultipleimputationandinverseprobabilityweightedmethodsSmoothingmethodsforlongitudinaldataSamplesizeandpowerEachchapterpresentsmethodsinthesettingofapplicationstodatasetsdrawnfromthehealthsciences.Newproblemsetshavebeenaddedtomanychapters,andarelatedwebsitefeaturessampleprogramsandcomputeroutputusingSAS,Stata,andR,aswellasdatasetsandsupplementalslidestofacilitateacompleteunderstandingofthematerial.Withitsstrongemphasisonmultidisciplinaryapplicationsandtheinterpretationofresults,AppliedLongitudinalAnalysis,SecondEditionisanexcellentbookforcoursesonstatisticsinthehealthandmedicalsciencesattheupper-undergraduateandgraduatelevels.Thebookalsoservesasavaluablereferenceforresearchersandprofessionalsinthemedical,publichealth,andpharmaceuticalfieldsaswellasthoseinsocialandbehavioralscienceswhowouldliketolearnmoreaboutanalyzinglongitudinaldata.