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A Computationally More Efficient and More Accurate Stepwise Approach for Correcting for Sampling Error and Measurement Error.
- Source :
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Multivariate Behavioral Research . Sep/Oct2018, Vol. 53 Issue 5, p612-632. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Over the last decade or two, multilevel structural equation modeling (ML-SEM) has become a prominent modeling approach in the social sciences because it allows researchers to correct for sampling and measurement errors and thus to estimate the effects of Level 2 (L2) constructs without bias. Because the latent variable modeling software Mplus uses maximum likelihood (ML) by default, many researchers in the social sciences have applied ML to obtain estimates of L2 regression coefficients. However, one drawback of ML is that covariance matrices of the predictor variables at L2 tend to be degenerate, and thus, estimates of L2 regression coefficients tend to be rather inaccurate when sample sizes are small. In this article, I show how an approach for stabilizing covariance matrices at L2 can be used to obtain more accurate estimates of L2 regression coefficients. A simulation study is conducted to compare the proposed approach with ML, and I illustrate its application with an example from organizational research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *STRUCTURAL equation modeling
*SAMPLING errors
*MEASUREMENT errors
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00273171
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Multivariate Behavioral Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 135610719
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2018.1469086