Intro
Foreword
Preface
Reference
Acknowledgements
References
Contents
About the First Author
Part I Preface to Part I
1 The Formulation of a Meta-Metre of Growth
1.1 The Concept of a Meta-Metre and a Growth Law
1.2 Rationale for the Equations of Linear Growth in a Meta-Metre of Time
1.3 A Meta-Metre for the Control of the Rate of Growth
1.4 A Meta-Metre for Measurements of Variables with an Arbitrary Origin
1.5 Dynamic Consistency and Self-replication
1.6 Estimates of the Relative Rate of Growth: Eliminating the Meta-Metre

2.2.1 IRT Analysis for the Definition of the Continuum of Example 2 and Dental Development
2.2.2 SLM Analysis for the Definition of the Continuum of Example 2 and Dental Development
2.2.3 SLM Analysis for the Definition of the Continuum of Example 2
References
3 Meta-Metres of Growth on Two Intelligence Tests
3.1 Growth on a Stanford-Binet Test of General Intelligence
3.1.1 Bock's Critique of Thurstone's Study of Growth
3.1.2 Bock's Analysis of Growth on the Stanford-Binet Test
3.1.3 Mental Growth on the Stanford-Binet Test Analysed with the SLM

4.1.1 Vertical Scaling
4.2 Growth on the Variable of Reading from the ECLS-K Study
4.2.1 Estimates of Relative Growth and Growth in the Meta-Metre
4.2.2 Statistical Analyses of Rates of Growth and Intercepts from Individuals
4.2.3 Relative Rates of Growth from an Eliminated and Estimated Meta-Metre
4.2.4 Individual Growth Curves
4.2.5 Resilience of the Meta-Metre
4.3 Growth on the Variable of Reading from the NLSY Study
4.3.1 Estimates of Relative Growth and Growth in the Meta-Metre
4.3.2 Statistical Analyses of Comparisons of Rates of Growth and Intercepts