Thank you very much. Walking distance is actually (fairly) normally distributed.
I actually deliberately coded visits as 0, 1 and 8 on a continuous scale to account for the different time differences between visits. I do not want it to be symmetric as you suggest with 0, 1, 2 as that would...
I briefly wanted to see if anyone else could comment on this? I would appreciate any comments especially in regards to adjustment for baseline (wether to include as outcome like I did or adjust as covariate) and inclusion of continuous vs. discrete time variable. Many thanks
I am analyzing data from a randomized clinical trial, with 2 intervention groups (placebo and intervention) and repeated measurements over time. I am planning to use linear mixed effects modeling to analyze this longitudinal data and determine whether the intervention causes a change in response...