Modeling Repeated Measures with Monotonic Ordinal Responses and Misclassification, with Applications to Studying Maturation
含误分类的单调有序重复测量建模及成熟过程应用
Many longitudinal studies of children are concerned with the modeling of monotonic responses such as growth and sexual maturation. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study (NGHS) is a longitudinal study designed to examine the effect of growth and maturation on the development of obesity and related cardiovascular risk factors among black and white adolescent girls. Sexual maturation is measured with an ordinal outcome and is known to be measured…