{"id":5,"date":"2018-12-31T05:16:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T05:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/2018\/12\/31\/chapter-1\/"},"modified":"2018-12-31T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:29:06","slug":"chapter-1","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/statp12\/chapter\/chapter-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis"},"content":{"raw":"<div>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-03-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"897\" height=\"395\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-04-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"291\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-05-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"867\" height=\"337\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-06-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"319\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-07-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"288\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-08-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"811\" height=\"241\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-09-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"406\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-10-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"473\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-11-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"863\" height=\"239\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-12-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"702\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-13-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"909\" height=\"687\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-14-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"868\" height=\"401\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-15-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"872\" height=\"558\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-16-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"896\" height=\"226\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-17-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"868\" height=\"409\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-18-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"866\" height=\"594\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-19-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"539\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-20-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"893\" height=\"225\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-21-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"874\" height=\"249\" \/> <img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80\" src=\"http:\/\/statp12.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2018\/12\/9489_et_longitudinal_1_overview-22-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"235\" \/>\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify\">P. 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