縦断的研究から得られたデータを分析するための最新のテクニックを収録した好評書の１７年ぶりの第２版。保健・医学から社会・行動科学まで幅広い分野で使える分析法を解説。Written at a technical level that is suitable for researchers who have taken an introductory course in statistics and who have a solid foundation in linear regression. SAS is utilized to perform the analyses throughout the book, and sample SAS programs are available via the book's accompanying Web site. New chapters - Fixed effects and mixed effects models / Marginal models and generalized estimating equations / Approximate methods for generalized linear mixed effects models / Multiple imputation and inverse probability weighted methods / Smoothing methods for longitudinal data / Sample size and power.