Week 08: Centering and Degrouping

[08a] Centering and Degrouping

Topics

1. Conceptual Foundations
   • Centering and Standardizing
   • Manifest Decomposition
2. Applications and Interpretation
   • Data Preparation
   • Model Building

File Downloads

• heck2011.csv

Readings

• S&F Chapter 8: Centering Options and Interpretations
• HMV Section 4.2: Centering and Standardizing Explanatory Variables
• Enders & Tofighi (2007)
• Advanced: Hamaker & Muthén (2020)

Slides

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[08b] No Class

Instructor is traveling

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