ESTIMATION METHODS IN MULTILEVEL STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING: UNDER CONDITIONS OF DATA NONNORMALITY AND VARIED SAMPLE SIZES - Couverture souple

Byrd, Jimmy

 
9783838347806: ESTIMATION METHODS IN MULTILEVEL STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING: UNDER CONDITIONS OF DATA NONNORMALITY AND VARIED SAMPLE SIZES
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3838347803 ISBN 13 : 9783838347806
Editeur : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The text examines multilevel regression models in the context of multilevel structural equation modeling (SEM) in terms of accuracy of parameter estimates, standard errors, and fit indices in normal and nonnormal data under various sample sizes and differing estimators (maximum likelihood, generalized least squares, and weighted least squares). The finding revealed that the regression coefficients were estimated with little to no bias among the study design conditions investigated. However, the number of clusters (group level) appeared to have the greatest impact on bias among the parameter estimate standard errors at both level- 1 and level-2. Regarding fit statistics, negative bias was noted among each of the fit indices investigated when the number of clusters ranged from 30 to 50 and cluster size was fixed at 10. Recommendations for the substantive researcher are presented and areas of future research are discussed.

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Éditeur
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838347803
ISBN 13 
9783838347806
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
308
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