k-Centres Functional Clustering: A Person-Centered Approach to Modeling Complex Nonlinear Growth Trajectories

In the present paper, we introduce k-centres functional clustering (k-centres FC), a person-centered method that clusters people with similar patterns of complex, highly nonlinear change over time. We review fundamentals of the methodology and argue how it addresses some of the limitations of the tr...

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Published in:Organizational research methods 2018-10, Vol.21 (4), p.905-930
Main Authors: Hofmans, Joeri, Vantilborgh, Tim, Solinger, Omar N.
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