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Individual Growth Models of Change in Peabody Picture Vocabulary Scores of Children Treated for Brain Tumors

The individual growth model is a relatively new statistical technique. It is now widely used to examine the trajectories of individuals and groups in repeated measures data. This study examines the association of the receptive vocabulary over time and characteristics of children who were treated for brain tumors. The children undertook different types of treatment from one to any combinations of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. The individual growth model is used to analyze the longitudinal data and to address the issues behind the data. Results of this study present several factors' influences to the rate of change of PPVT scores. The conclusions of this thesis indicate that the decline in the PPVT scores is associated with gender, age at diagnosis, socioeconomic status, type of treatment and Neurological Predictor Scale.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:GEORGIA/oai:digitalarchive.gsu.edu:math_theses-1040
Date28 November 2007
CreatorsShen, Ying
PublisherDigital Archive @ GSU
Source SetsGeorgia State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceMathematics Theses

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