Search for dissertations about: "latent growth curve models"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words latent growth curve models.
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1. Intelligence and models for cognitive development
Abstract : This dissertation focuses on cognitive development. In papers I and II, I study a special model, the second order latent growth curve model, that can be used to study cognitive development. Algebraic expressions for the variance of the estimation of slope differences are given. READ MORE
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2. Stochastic epidemic models in heterogeneous communities
Abstract : The aim of Paper I is to explain where randomness should be taken into account when modelling epidemic spread, i.e. when a stochastic model is preferable to a deterministic counterpart. READ MORE
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3. Body mass index, cognitive ability, and dementia : prospective associations and methodological issues in late life
Abstract : The aims of the present study were to investigate the association between overweight and cognitive ability and dementia, and to evaluate the usefulness of self-reported body mass index (BMI) in late life and various data sources commonly used in epidemiological studies to identify persons with dementia. Data were drawn from three population-based studies: the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA), Aging in Women and Men: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly (the Gender Study), and the Finnish Lieto Study. READ MORE
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4. Birth cohort differences in cognitive aging: Secular trends in cognitive functioning and decline over 30 years in three population-based Swedish samples
Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis was to investigate birth cohort differences in level of cognitive functioning and change in later life in three population-based representative samples drawn from the Gerontological and Geriatric Population Studies in Gothenburg (H70), Sweden. We used data from cohorts, born in 1901-02, 1906-07, and 1930, measured at ages 70, 75, and 79 on the same cognitive measures. READ MORE
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5. A longitudinal approach to social exclusion in Sweden
Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers, and has as its central theme the accumulation of welfare problems and social exclusion. We use Swedish data and all analyses are based on individuals of working age. READ MORE