Applied Longitudinal Analysis

“The text is well-organized and clearly written. It is accessible to researchers with varying levels of statistical expertise, with plenty of data examples that make reading and learning enjoyable. I recommend it to biostatisticians as well as to clinicians and other health researchers who may not have much statistical training . . . Applied Longitudinal Analysisis generally my first recommendation when asked for a valuable resource in the field due to the breadth of topics covered and its practical utility.”  (Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 1 January 2013)

“The book also serves as a valuable reference for researchers and professionals in the medical, public health, and pharmaceutical fields, as well as those in social and behavioral sciences who would like to learn more about analysing longitudinal data.” (Zentralblatt MATH, 2012)

“This book provides very broad coverage of modern methods for longitudinal data analysis from an applied perspective … I highly recommend this book to statisticians and quantitative researchers who encounter longitudinal and/or clustered data. In addition, I think the book would be an excellent choice as the primary textbook in an applied longitudinal data course.” (Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 2013)

 

Garrett M. Fitzmaurice, ScD, is Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health and Director of the Laboratory for Psychiatric Biostatistics at McLean Hospital. A Fellow of the American Statistical Association, Dr. Fitzmaurice’s areas of research interest include statistical methods for analyzing discrete longitudinal data and methods for handling missing data.

Nan M. Laird, PhD, is Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. A Fellow of the American Statistical Association and Institute of Mathematical Sciences, she has published extensively in the areas of statistical genetics, longitudinal studies, missing or incomplete data, and analysis of multiple informant data.

James H. Ware, PhD, is Frederick Mosteller Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. A Fellow of the American Statistical Association and statistical consultant to the New England Journal of Medicine, he has made significant contributions to the development of statistical methods for the design and analysis of longitudinal studies.