EDUCATION
1971-77 University of Uppsala, Sweden, Ph.D., Statistics, May 1977
1968-70 University of Uppsala Sweden, B.S., Statistics, November 1970
Research Interests:
I focus on the development of applied statistical methodology in areas of education and public health. Education applications concern achievement development while public health applications involve developmental studies in epidemiology and psychology. Methodological areas include latent variable modeling, analysis of individual differences in longitudinal data, preventive intervention studies, analysis of categorical data, multilevel modeling, and the development of statistical software.
Recent Publications:
Muth始 , B. (2004). Latent variable analysis: Growth mixture modeling and related techniques for longitudinal data. In D. Kaplan (ed.), Handbook of quantitative methodology for the social sciences. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, pp. 345-368.
Muth始, B., Jo, B. & Brown, H. (2003). Comment on the Barnard, Frangakis, Hill & Rubin article, Principal stratification approach to broken randomized experiments: A case study of school choice vouchers in New York City. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 98, 311-314.
Muth始, B., Khoo, S.T., Francis, D. & Kim Boscardin, C. (2003). Analysis of reading skills development from Kindergarten through first grade: An application of growth mixture modeling to sequential processes. Multilevel Modeling: Methodological Advances, Issues, and Applications. S.R. Reise & N. Duan (Eds). Mahaw, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 71-89.
Jo, B. & Muth始, B. (2003). Longitudinal studies with intervention and noncompliance: Estimation of causal effects in growth mixture modeling. In N. Duan and S. Reise (Eds.), Multilevel Modeling: Methodological Advances, Issues, and Applications, Multivariate Applications Book Series, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 112-139.
Harford, T.C., Wechsler, H. & Muthen, B.O. (2003). Alcohol-related aggression and drinking at off-campus parties and bars: A national study of current drinkers in college. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64, 704-711.
Muth始, B. (2002). Beyond SEM: General latent variable modeling. Behaviormetrika, 29, 81-117.
Muth始, B., Brown, C.H., Masyn, K., Jo, B., Khoo, S.T., Yang, C.C., Wang, C.P., Kellam, S., Carlin, J., & Liao, J. (2002). General growth mixture modeling for randomized preventive interventions. Biostatistics, 3, 459-475
Muth始, L.K. and Muth始, B.O. (2002). How to use a Monte Carlo study to decide on sample size and determine power. Structural Equation Modeling, 4, 599-620.
Muth始, B. (2002). Statistical and substantive checking in growth mixture modeling. Psychological Methods, 8, 369-377.
Dagne, G., Howe, G., Brown, C.H., & Muth始, B. (2002). Hierarchical modeling of sequential behavioral data: An empirical Bayesian approach. Psychological Methods, 7, 262-280.
Harford, T.C., Wechsler, H. and Muth始, B. (2002). The impact of current residence and high school drinking on alcohol problems among college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 63, 271-279.
Muth始, B. (2001). Latent variable mixture modeling. In G. A. Marcoulides & R. E. Schumacker (eds.), New Developments and Techniques in Structural Equation Modeling (pp. 1-33). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Muth始, B. (2001). Second-generation structural equation modeling with a combination of categorical and continuous latent variables: New opportunities for latent class/latent growth modeling. In Collins, L.M. & Sayer, A. (Eds.), New Methods for the Analysis of Change (pp. 291-322). Washington, D.C.: APA.
Jo, B. & Muth始, B. (2001). Modeling of intervention effects with noncompliance: A latent variable modeling approach for randomized trials. In G. A. Marcoulides & R.E. Schumacker (eds.), New Developments and Techniques in Structural Equation Modeling (pp. 57-87). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Harford, T. & Muth始, B. (2001). Alcohol use among college students: The effects of prior problem behaviors and change of residence, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 306-312.
Harford, T. & Muth始, B. (2001). The dimensionality of alcohol abuse and dependence: a multivariate analysis of DSM-IV symptom items in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 150-157.
Muth始, B. & Muth始, L. (2000). Integrating person-centered and variable-centered analysis: growth mixture modeling with latent trajectory classes. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 24, 882-891.
Harford, T.C. & Muth始, B. (2000). Adolescent and young adult antisocial behavior and adult alcohol use disorders: a fourteen-year prospective follow-up in a national survey. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 61, 524-528.
Muth始, B. (2000). Methodological issues in random coefficient growth modeling using a latent variable framework: Applications to the development of heavy drinking. Multivariate Applications in Substance use Research, J. Rose, L. Chassin, C. Presson & J. Sherman (eds.), Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum, pp. 113-140.
Khoo, S.T. & Muth始, B. (2000). Longitudinal data on families: Growth modeling alternatives. Multivariate Applications in Substance use Research, J. Rose, L. Chassin, C. Presson & J. Sherman (eds.), Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum, pp. 43-78.
Muth始, B. & Muth始, L. (2000). The development of heavy drinking and alcohol-related problems from ages 18 to 37 in a U.S. national sample. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 61, 290-300.
