The Advantages and Limitations of Multi Level Modeling

In the standard latent curve model, if you have a time point, it has to be represented by a manifest variable that's an indicator on the latent factor. The notion in multi level modeling of having time as a predictor is actually conceptually much more consistent with how we think about time on a continuum. Now there are others I can add, but those are the big two coupled that I would add that are no doubt in the forefront of your mind. And I'll get your reaction to it one in the multi level framework.