Tsang, Yim Fan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Background of the Latent Normal Model and the Latent Growth Curve Model --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- Latent. Variable Growth Curve Modeling --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Two-factor Latent Variable Growth Curve Model for Two Time Points --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- The Intercept and Slope Factors --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- The Factor Loadings of the Slope Factor --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- The Error Variance --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.5 --- "Expressing Model Parameters as Functions of Measured Means, Variances and Covariances" --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2 --- Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Latent Normal Model from Ordinal Data --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Model --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Maximum Likelihood Estimation Function --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Derivation of the Likelihood Equations --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Two Approaches for Generalizing the Latent Normal Model for Analyzing Latent Growth Curve Model --- p.17 / Chapter 3 --- Latent Variable Growth Curve Modeling for Ordinal Categorical Data --- p.19 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Model and the Maximum Likelihood Estimation --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- The Two-factor Growth Curve Model with Ordinal Variables --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Implementation --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Two-Stage Estimation Method --- p.28 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Latent Normal Method --- p.28 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Two-factor Latent Growth Curve Model --- p.29 / Chapter 3.3 --- Misleading Result of Using Continuous Assumption for Ordinal Categorical Data --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Latent Growth Curve Modeling Method --- p.32 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Direct Continuous Assumption to the Ordinal Categorical Data --- p.33 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Interpretation --- p.35 / Chapter 3.4 --- Simulation Study --- p.36 / Chapter 4 --- Conclusion --- p.40 / Appendices --- p.43 / A Sample Mx Input Script for Latent Growth Curve Analysis of Ordinal Categorical Data --- p.43
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326004 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Contributors | Tsang, Yim Fan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Statistics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, v, 48 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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