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Testing for Differentially Functioning Indicators Using Mixtures of Confirmatory Factor Analysis Models
Mann, Heather Marie - 2009
Heterogeneity in measurement model parameters across known groups can be modeled and tested using multigroup … characteristics to capture heterogeneity and have the potential to be used to test measurement invariance. The current study … sample sizes, more noninvariant factor loadings, and larger amounts of heterogeneity are needed to distinguish different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450755
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An Empirical Investigation of Unscalable Components in Scaling Models
Braaten, Kristine Norene - 2009
Guttman (1947) developed a scaling method in which the items measuring an attribute can be ordered according to the strength of the attribute. The Guttman scaling model assumes that every member of the population belongs to a scale type and does not allow for response errors. The Proctor (1970)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450865
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EFFECTS OF UNMODELED LATENT CLASSES ON MULTILEVEL GROWTH MIXTURE ESTIMATION IN VALUE-ADDED MODELING
Yumoto, Futoshi - 2011
both study design and data collection. Heterogeneity is a key characteristic of data that can complicate the data … analysis. The multilevel growth mixture model is a new analytic method specifically developed to accommodate heterogeneity so … inappropriately. This research will investigate the effects of un-accounted for heterogeneity at level 1 on the precision of level-2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450913
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The Economics of Malaria Vector Control
Brown, Zachary Steven - 2011
In recent years, government aid agencies and international organizations have increased their financial commitments to controlling and eliminating malaria from the planet. This renewed emphasis on elimination is reminiscent of a previous worldwide campaign to eradicate malaria in the 1960s, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475393
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Numerical optimization for mixed logit models and an application
Dogan, Deniz - 2008
In this thesis an algorithm (MLOPT) for mixed logit models is proposed. Mixed logit models are flexible discrete choice models, but their estimation with large datasets involves the solution of a nonlinear optimization problem with a high dimensional integral in the objective function, which is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476125
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ANALYSIS OF ACTIVITY CHOICE: THE ROLE OF ACTIVITY ATTRIBUTES AND INDIVIDUAL SCHEDULES
Akar, Gulsah - 2009
Activity-based approaches have taken hold in transportation research over the last several decades. The foundation of the activity-based approach is to view travel as a result of our activity choices and scheduling decisions. Therefore, better understanding of activity choice, planning time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450888
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Bedeutung der Spezifikation für Ratingmodelle
Rönnberg, Michael - 2010
simultaneously. A main focus is on mixed logit models that allow for modeling individual heterogeneity. Results indicate that proper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433704
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Essays on banks' tax response
Merz, Julia Anna - 2015
This thesis consists of three essays examining banks’ tax response. The first essay Tax vs. Regulation Policy and the Location of Financial Sector FDI is co-authored with Prof. Dr. Michael Overesch, Chair of Business Taxation at the University of Cologne and Prof. Dr. Georg Wamser, Chair of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429454
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Foundations for Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Ahn, Toh-Kyeong - 2001
other hand, have not been successful in incorporating both individual rationality and inter-individual heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468335
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Research and Development Competition in the Chemicals Industry
Finger, Stephen R - 2008
incorporatingunobserved firm-level heterogeneity using techniques from Arcidiacono and Miller (2007). I use publicly available panel data on … heterogeneity as an unobserved state that raises a firm's research productivity. In my analysis, I find that increased investment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475447