Both the logistic growth function and the Gompertz growth function are used to describe growth processes. In this paper it is argued that, although the logistic has been more studied, the Gompertz ...

Prior to the first step, the intercept-only model is fitted and individual score statistics for the potential variables are evaluated (Output 39.1.1). In Step 1 (Output 39.1.2), variable li is ...

We illustrate this approach by estimating a model of growth in deviance drawn from Gottfredson and Hirschi's deviant propensity theory. An innovative feature is the assumption that adolescents' ...