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Accounting for Standard Errors of Measurement When Modeling Change
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Grimm, Kevin J.; Fine, Kimberly; Stegmann, Gabriela – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
Modeling within-person change over time and between-person differences in change over time is a primary goal in prevention science. When modeling change in an observed score over time with multilevel or structural equation modeling approaches, each observed score counts toward the estimation of model parameters equally. However, observed scores…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Weighted Scores, Accuracy, Item Response Theory
Testing Informative Hypotheses in SEM Increases Power: An Illustration Contrasting Classical Hypothesis Testing with a Parametric Bootstrap Approach
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van de Schoot, Rens; Strohmeier, Dagmar – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
In the present paper, the application of a parametric bootstrap procedure, as described by van de Schoot, Hoijtink, and Dekovic (2010), will be applied to demonstrate that a direct test of an informative hypothesis offers more informative results compared to testing traditional null hypotheses against catch-all rivals. Also, more power can be…
Descriptors: Investigations, Simulation, Testing, Hypothesis Testing
On the Question of an Identity Status Category Order: Rasch Model Step and Scale Statistics Used to Identify Category Order
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Al-Owidha, Amjed; Green, Kathy E.; Kroger, Jane – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
The question of whether or not a developmental continuum underlies James Marcia's identity statuses has been a topic of debate among identity researchers for nearly 20 years. This study addressed the prefatory question of whether the identity statuses can be empirically ordered in a theoretically optimal way. This question was addressed via use of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Identification (Psychology), Self Concept, Individual Development
Parent Beliefs and Children's Achievement Trajectories during the Transition to School in Asian American and European American Families
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Sy, Susan R.; Schulenberg, John E. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
This study examines the predictive relationships among 309 Asian American and 9471 European American parents' beliefs, expectations, and involvement, and their children's math and reading achievement trajectories during children's transition to school. Data came from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K), an ongoing…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Parent Participation, Kindergarten, Asian Americans