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Analyzing Longitudinal Data With Multilevel Models: An Example With Individuals Living With Lower Extremity Intra-Articular Fractures

Analyzing Longitudinal Data With Multilevel Models: An Example With Individuals Living With Lower... Objective:The use and quality of longitudinal research designs has increased overthe past 2 decades, and new approaches for analyzing longitudinal data,including multilevel modeling (MLM) and latent growth modeling (LGM), have beendeveloped. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the use of MLM and itsadvantages in analyzing longitudinal data. Research Method:Data from a sample of individuals with intra-articular fractures of thelower extremity from the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Injury ControlResearch Center are analyzed using both SAS PROC MIXED and SPSS MIXED. Results:The authors begin their presentation with a discussion of datapreparation for MLM analyses. The authors then provide example analyses ofdifferent growth models, including a simple linear growth model and a model witha time-invariant covariate, with interpretation for all the parameters in themodels. Implications:More complicated growth models with different between- andwithin-individual covariance structures and nonlinear models are discussed.Finally, information related to MLM analysis, such as online resources, isprovided at the end of the article. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Rehabilitation Psychology American Psychological Association

Analyzing Longitudinal Data With Multilevel Models: An Example With Individuals Living With Lower Extremity Intra-Articular Fractures

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 American Psychological Association
ISSN
0090-5550
eISSN
1939-1544
DOI
10.1037/a0012765
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Abstract

Objective:The use and quality of longitudinal research designs has increased overthe past 2 decades, and new approaches for analyzing longitudinal data,including multilevel modeling (MLM) and latent growth modeling (LGM), have beendeveloped. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the use of MLM and itsadvantages in analyzing longitudinal data. Research Method:Data from a sample of individuals with intra-articular fractures of thelower extremity from the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Injury ControlResearch Center are analyzed using both SAS PROC MIXED and SPSS MIXED. Results:The authors begin their presentation with a discussion of datapreparation for MLM analyses. The authors then provide example analyses ofdifferent growth models, including a simple linear growth model and a model witha time-invariant covariate, with interpretation for all the parameters in themodels. Implications:More complicated growth models with different between- andwithin-individual covariance structures and nonlinear models are discussed.Finally, information related to MLM analysis, such as online resources, isprovided at the end of the article.

Journal

Rehabilitation PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association

Published: Aug 1, 2008

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