scholarly journals Explaining the behavior of joint and marginal Monte Carlo estimators in latent variable models with independence assumptions

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 333-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silia Vitoratou ◽  
Ioannis Ntzoufras ◽  
Irini Moustaki
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Latent Variable Models ◽  
Independence Assumptions

scholarly journals Evaluating Sensitivity of Parameters of Interest to Measurement Invariance in Latent Variable Models

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Oberski
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Monte Carlo Simulations ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Measurement Equivalence ◽  
Latent Variable Models ◽  
Parameter Change ◽  
Electronic Appendix ◽  
Invariance Model ◽  
Parameters Of Interest

Latent variable models can only be compared across groups when these groups exhibit measurement equivalence or “invariance,” since otherwise substantive differences may be confounded with measurement differences. This article suggests examining directly whether measurement differences present could confound substantive analyses, by examining the expected parameter change (EPC)-interest. The EPC-interest approximates the change in parameters of interest that can be expected when freeing cross-group invariance restrictions. Monte Carlo simulations suggest that the EPC-interest approximates these changes well. Three empirical applications show that the EPC-interest can help avoid two undesirable situations: first, it can prevent unnecessarily concluding that groups are incomparable, and second, it alerts the user when comparisons of interest may still be invalidated even when the invariance model appears to fit the data. R code and data for the examples discussed in this article are provided in the electronic appendix (http://hdl.handle.net/1902.1/21816).

Right-Wing Authoritarians Aren't Very Funny: RWA, Personality, and Creative Humor Production

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Silvia ◽  
Alexander P. Christensen ◽  
Katherine N. Cotter
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Latent Variable Models ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Rasch Models ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Right Wing Authoritarianism ◽  
Humor Appreciation ◽  
Negative Effect

Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) has well-known links with humor appreciation, such as enjoying jokes that target deviant groups, but less is known about RWA and creative humor production—coming up with funny ideas oneself. A sample of 186 young adults completed a measure of RWA, the HEXACO-100, and 3 humor production tasks that involved writing funny cartoon captions, creating humorous definitions for quirky concepts, and completing joke stems with punchlines. The humor responses were scored by 8 raters and analyzed with many-facet Rasch models. Latent variable models found that RWA had a large, significant effect on humor production (β = -.47 [-.65, -.30], p < .001): responses created by people high in RWA were rated as much less funny. RWA’s negative effect on humor was smaller but still significant (β = -.25 [-.49, -.01], p = .044) after controlling for Openness to Experience (β = .39 [.20, .59], p < .001) and Conscientiousness (β = -.21 [-.41, -.02], p = .029). Taken together, the findings suggest that people high in RWA just aren’t very funny.

scholarly journals Looking behind the choice of organic: A cross-country analysis applying Integrated Choice and Latent Variable Models

Appetite ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 105591
Author(s):  
Ching-Hua Yeh ◽  
Monika Hartmann ◽  
Matthew Gorton ◽  
Barbara Tocco ◽  
Virginie Amilien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latent Variable ◽  
Latent Variable Models ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Cross Country
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