Table 4.
Parameter | Notation | Est. | SE | p |
---|---|---|---|---|
Growth Trajectory Fixed Effects | ||||
Minimum | γ 10 | 4.50 | 0.21 | <.01 |
Change Onset | γ 20 | 8.66 | 2.26 | <.01 |
Maximum | γ 30 | 11.30 | 0.39 | <.01 |
Change Offset | γ 40 | 24.02 | 1.51 | <.01 |
Random Effects | ||||
Change Onset Variance | τ 22 | 45.50 | 17.86 | <.01 |
Maximum Variance | τ 33 | 19.94 | 2.32 | <.01 |
Change Offset Variance | τ 44 | 9.09 | 6.59 | .01 |
Max., Onset Correlation | Corr(u2i, u3i) | 0.42 | 0.18 | .03 |
Onset, Offset Correlation | Corr(u2i, u4i) | −0.14 | 0.16 | .41 |
Max., Offset Correlation | Corr(u3i, u4i) | −0.89 | <0.01 | <.01 |
Within-Person Residual Variance | ||||
Residual Variance | σ 2 | 10.79 | 0.86 | <.01 |
Note: p-values are obtained from a t-distribution with the default degrees of freedom computed as number of upper-level units (17 children) minus the number of estimated random effects (3), which is 14.