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Testing for group differences in SEM |
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Nina Wu posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - 1:15 pm
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Hi, I would like to know if I can test for group differences in SEM (as I can in growth curve modeling by constraining the intercepts and slopes across groups) by using constrains. If so, what are the parameters I would need to constrain? Thank you, Nina |
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Yes, you can do this. You would constrain the parameters you are interested in testing. The multiple group section of the Topic 1 course handout shows examples of testing means, variances, and covariances of factor across groups. |
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Nina Wu posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2012 - 12:35 pm
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Thank you very much for your previous response, Dr. Muthen. In growth curve modeling, I would constrain the intercepts and slopes across groups. May I ask what parameters I would need to constrain across groups in SEM? a typical constrain statement in growth curve is: model: [i] (1); [s] (2) however, in SEM the model estimates the paths, not parameters such as intercept and slope. May I ask what is/are typical parameters that researchers constrain and how I would go about doing that? Nina |
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In SEM structural parameters are means, variances, covariances, and regression coefficients. Any of these can be compared. I think regression coefficients are usually of the most interest. |
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