Methods in human growth research / 
edited by Roland C. Hauspie, Noël Cameron, Luciano Molinari. 
 - xiv, 399 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ;  39 .
 - Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ;  39. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Foreword /  Growth data and growth studies : characteristics and methodological issues --  Why study child growth and maturation? /  The human growth curve : distance, velocity and acceleration /  Sampling for growth studies and using growth data to assess, monitor and survey disease in epidemiological settings /  Measuring growth /  Measuring maturity /  Measuring body composition /  Non-parametric and parametric approaches for individual growth --  Kernel estimation, shape-invariant modelling and structural analysis /  Parametric models for postnatal growth /  Parameter estimation in the context of non-linear longitudinal growth models /  Methods for population growth --  Univariate and bivariate growth references /  Latent variables and structural equation models /  Multilevel modelling /  Special topics --  Methods for the study of the genetics of growth and development /  Prediction /  Ordinal longitudinal data analysis /  G. Gilli --  John H. Himes --  Luciano Molinari and Theo Gasser --  Edward A. Frongillo --  Noel Cameron --  Noel Cameron --  Babette Zemel and Elizabeth Barden --  Theo Gasser, Daniel Gervini and Luciano Molinari --  Roland C. Hauspie and Luciano Molinari --  R. Darrell Bock and Stephen H. C. du Toit --  Edward A. Frongillo --  Gino Verleye, Marie-Jose Ireton, J. Cesar Carrillo and Roland C. Hauspie --  Adam Baxter-Jones and Robert Mirwald --  Stefan A. Czerwinski and Bradford Towne --  Noel Cameron --  Jeroen K. Vermunt and Jacques A. Hagenaars.  Pt. I.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  Pt. II.  7.  8.  9.  Pt. III.  10.  11.  12.  Pt. IV.  13.  14.  15. 
<br/><br/> "In order to gain an understanding of the dynamics of human individual and average growth patterns it is essential that the right methods are selected. There are a variety of methods available to analyse individual growth patterns, to estimate variation in different growth measures in populations and to relate genetic and environmental factors to individual and average growth. This volume provides an overview of modern techniques for the assessment and collection of growth data and methods of analysis for individual and population growth data. The book contains the basic mathematical and statistical tools required to understand the concepts of the methods under discussion and worked examples of analyses, but it is neither a mathematical treatise, nor a recipe book for growth data analysis. Aimed at junior and senior researchers involved in the analysis of human growth data, this book will be an essential reference for anthropologists, auxologists and paediatricians."--Publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521820502 9780521820509 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003055593 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human growth--Research<br/>Human growth--Longitudinal studies<br/>Human growth--Statistical methods<br/>Population research<br/>Physical anthropology--Methodology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN62.9  / .M48 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>559.901