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📸 Linear Mixed Models menu path in SPSS
Why Use Linear Mixed Models?
Linear Mixed Models (LMM) handle data with complex dependency structures — repeated measurements on the same person, nested designs (students within classrooms), or longitudinal data with missing values. Unlike repeated measures ANOVA, LMM handles missing data via maximum likelihood estimation without listwise deletion.
Running LMM in SPSS
📸 LMM fixed effects table — significant interaction
APA Reporting
A linear mixed model with unstructured covariance revealed a significant Treatment × Time interaction, F(2, 182.4)=12.47, p<.001, indicating that treatment groups showed different trajectories of change over time.
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