PubMed · 7896990
The trait-state-error model for multiwave data.
Abstract
Although researchers in clinical psychology routinely gather data in which many individuals respond at multiple times, there is not a standard way to analyze such data. A new approach for the analysis of such data is described. It is proposed that a person's current standing on a variable is caused by 3 sources of variance: a term that does not change (trait), a term that changes (state), and a random term (error). It is shown how structural equation modeling can be used to estimate such a model. An extended example is presented in which the correlations between variables are quite different at the trait, state, and error levels.
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D A Kenny, A Zautra. 1995. The trait-state-error model for multiwave data.. https://doi.org/10.1037/%2F0022-006x.63.1.52
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