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Ontogenetic comparisons
Author(s) -
Porges Stephen W.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207597608247358
Subject(s) - equivalence (formal languages) , psychology , ontogeny , econometrics , statistics , mathematics , biology , discrete mathematics , genetics
Methodological problems associated with the assessment of change in developmental research are discussed. The paper emphasizes the problems associated with response equivalence in ontogenetic comparisons and the appropriateness of traditional research designs to handle the measurement of change. Curve fitting techniques and time‐series statistics are suggested as possible alternatives to handle the problems associated with estimating developmental functions.