Power of Latent Growth Curve Models to Detect Piecewise Linear Trajectories
Power of Latent Growth Curve Models to Detect Piecewise Linear Trajectories
Latent curve models (LCMs) have been used extensively to analyze longitudinal data. However, little is known about the power of LCMs to detect nonlinear trends when they are present in the data. This simulation study was designed to investigate the Type I error rates, rates of nonconvergence, and the power …