Empirical investigation of the performance of Mplus for analyzing structural equation model with mixed continuous and ordered categorical variables.

• Other Authors: Lam, Ho-Suen Joffee.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Multivariate analysis; Monte Carlo method
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5891552; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-324333

Lam Ho-Suen Joffee. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. === Includes bibliographical references (leaf 40). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 2 --- Review of Mplus --- p.3 === Chapter 3 --- Design of the Simulation Study --- p.6 === Chapter 3.1 --- Simulation Design --- p.6 === Chapter 3.2 --- Covariance Structure Analysis and Mplus Restriction --- p.10 === Chapter 3.3 --- Implementation --- p.10 === Chapter 4 --- Method of Evalution --- p.12 === Chapter 4.1 --- Accuracy of Parameter Estimates --- p.12 === Chapter 4.2 --- Distribution of the Goodness-of-fit Statistic --- p.13 === Chapter 4.3 --- Precision of Standard Errors --- p.14 === Chapter 4.4 --- Number of Replications --- p.15 === Chapter 5 --- Results of the Simulation Study --- p.17 === Chapter 5.1 --- Accuracy of the Parameter Estimates --- p.17 === Chapter 5.2 --- Distribution of the Goodness-of-fit Statistic --- p.18 === Chapter 5.3 --- Precision of the Standard Error --- p.19 === Chapter 5.4 --- Results when the Sample Size is Extremely Large --- p.20 === Chapter 5.5 --- Conclusion --- p.21 === Chapter 6 --- Additional Simulation Study --- p.27 === Chapter 6.1 --- Precision of Standard Error when the Model Consists of Only Con- tinuous and Only Ordinal Variables --- p.28 === Chapter 6.2 --- Comparison of the Simulation Results of Mplus and LISREL --- p.29 === Chapter 6.3 --- Conclusion --- p.31 === Chapter 7 --- Conclusion and Discussion --- p.33 === Chapter A --- Mplus Sample Program (Condition C1 S2 N=500) --- p.36 === Chapter B --- PRELIS Sample Program (Condition C1 S1 N=500) --- p.37