Using iMCFA to Perform the CFA, Multilevel CFA, and Maximum Model for Analyzing Complex Survey Data
| Autor: | Jiun-Yu Wu, Yuan-Hsuan Lee, John J.H. Lin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Factorial
confirmatory factor analysis multilevel structural equation modeling lcsh:BF1-990 computer.software_genre LISREL maximum model Set (abstract data type) 0504 sociology Psychology General Psychology Original Research Mplus 05 social sciences Multilevel model 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education Estimator Lisrel Data structure Confirmatory factor analysis lcsh:Psychology Survey data collection Data mining complex survey data 0503 education computer |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 9 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
| Popis: | To construct CFA, MCFA, and maximum MCFA with LISREL v.8 and below, we provide iMCFA (integrated Multilevel Confirmatory Analysis) to examine the potential multilevel factorial structure in the complex survey data. Modeling multilevel structure for complex survey data is complicated because building a multilevel model is not an infallible statistical strategy unless the hypothesized model is close to the real data structure. Methodologists have suggested using different modeling techniques to investigate potential multilevel structure of survey data. Using iMCFA, researchers can visually set the between- and within-level factorial structure to fit MCFA, CFA and/or MAX MCFA models for complex survey data. iMCFA can then yield between- and within-level variance-covariance matrices, calculate intraclass correlations, perform the analyses and generate the outputs for respective models. The summary of the analytical outputs from LISREL is gathered and tabulated for further model comparison and interpretation. iMCFA also provides LISREL syntax of different models for researchers’ future use. An empirical and a simulated multilevel dataset with complex and simple structures in the within or between level was used to illustrate the usability and the effectiveness of the iMCFA procedure on analyzing complex survey data. The analytic results of iMCFA using Muthen's limited information estimator were compared with those of Mplus using Full Information Maximum Likelihood regarding the effectiveness of different estimation methods. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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