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 Nathan Smith posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2016 - 2:18 pm
I am working with data that are right skewed. That data are continuous in that they could be any real value between 0 and 100. I am wondering about the most appropriate way to estimate a growth curve model with these data. I imagine I could transform the data so that they are normally distributed. My other hunch is to use a robust estimator. Some guidance would be appreciated.
 Bengt O. Muthen posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2016 - 3:28 pm
Depending on the substantive setting, you could

use MLR

log transform

use the skew-normal or skew-t distribution.
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