Normal Theory GLS Estimator for Missing Data: An Application to Item-Level Missing Data and a Comparison to Two-Stage ML

Structural equation models (SEMs) can be estimated using a variety of methods. For complete normally distributed data, two asymptotically efficient estimation methods exist: maximum likelihood (ML) and generalized least squares (GLS). With incomplete normally distributed data, an extension of ML cal...

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Main Authors: Victoria Savalei, Mijke Rhemtulla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00767/full