Growth Curves

Anant Kshirsagar, William Smith

• The growth curve model; a multidimensional growth curve model; the sum of profiles and time moving covariates models; a growth curve model with exchangeably distributed errors; structured-covariance matrices, model selection, prediction from growth curves and other topics; growth curves with incomplete or unbalanced data; Potthoff-Roy growth curve model - derivations of main results; Bayesian techniques; nonparametric techniques in growth curves. Appendices: case study 1 - effects of prostaglandin and leukotriene on the eyes of dogs; case study 2 - plasma silicon concentrations from dietary treatment of sodium zeolite A (SZA) in quarter horses; case study 3 - endotracheal suctioning in intensive care. (Part Contents).