id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt c821gh95m0x Xin Tong Robust Semiparametric Bayesian Methods in Growth Curve Modeling 2014 .txt text/plain 192 6 15 In this dissertation, three types of robust distributionalgrowth curve models are proposed from a semiparametric Bayesian perspective, in which random coefficients or intraindividual measurement errors follow either normal distributions or unknown random distributionswith Dirichlet process priors. An example about the development of mathematical abilities is used to illustrate the application of semiparametric Bayesian growth curve models, using school children's Peabody Individual Achievement Test mathematical test scores from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Cohort. cache/c821gh95m0x.txt txt/c821gh95m0x.txt