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- Title
Latent Variable Models Under Misspecification.
- Authors
Bollen, Kenneth A.; Kirby, James B.; Curran, Patrick J.; Paxton, Pamela M.; Chen, Feinian
- Abstract
This article compares maximum likelihood (ML) estimation to three variants of two-stage least squares (2SLS) estimation in structural equation models. The authors use models that are both correctly and incorrectly specified. Simulated data are used to assess bias, efficiency, and accuracy of hypothesis tests. Generally, 2SLS with reduced sets of instrumental variables performs similarly to ML when models are correctly specified. Under correct specification, both estimators have little bias except at the smallest sample sizes and are approximately equally efficient. As predicted, when models are incorrectly specified, 2SLS generally performs better, with less bias and more accurate hypothesis tests. Unless a researcher has tremendous confidence in the correctness of his or her model, these results suggest that a 2SLS estimator should be considered.
- Subjects
STRUCTURAL equation modeling; STATISTICAL reliability; LATENT variables; PREDICTION models; DEFAULT reasoning; ASYMPTOTIC theory in estimation theory; STATISTICAL bias; LEAST squares
- Publication
Sociological Methods & Research, 2007, Vol 36, Issue 1, p48
- ISSN
0049-1241
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0049124107301947