TY - BOOK AU - Martin, Donald E.K. AU - Srinivasa Rao, Arni S.R. AU - Rao, C.R. TI - Modeling and analysis of longitudinal data T2 - Handbook of statistics 50, SN - 9780443136511 U1 - 519.5 PY - 2024/// CY - United States PB - Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier KW - data consists N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Longitudinal Data Analysis, Volume 50 in the Handbook of Statistics series covers how data consists of a series of repeated observations of the same subjects over an extended time frame and is thus useful for measuring change. Such studies and the data arise in a variety of fields, such as health sciences, genomic studies, experimental physics, sociology, sports and student enrollment in universities. For example, in health studies, intra-subject correlation of responses must be accounted for, covariates vary with time, and bias can arise if patients drop out of the study ER -