Statistical Analysis of Human Growth and Development

Designed for nonstatisticians and statisticians new to the analysis of growth and development data, this book is an accessible and practical guide to a wide range of basic and advanced statistical methods that are useful for studying human growth and development. It collects methods scattered throughout the literature and explains how to use them to solve common research problems. It also discusses how well a method addresses a specific scientific question and how to interpret and present the analytic results. Stata codes are available on the book¿s CRC Press web page.