Recent Advancements in Structural Equation Modeling (SEM): From Both Methodological and Application Perspectives

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Evaluation of Analysis Approaches for Latent Class Analysis with Auxiliary Linear Growth Model
Akihito Kamata
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Averaged absolute relative bias for auxiliary model parameters. OS, one-step approach; CW, case-weight approach, and TS, three-step approach.

This study investigated the performance of three selected approaches to estimating a two-phase mixture model, where the first phase was a two-class latent class analysis model and the second phase was a linear growth model with four time points. The three evaluated methods were (a) one-step approach, (b) three-step approach, and (c) case-weight approach. As a result, some important results were demonstrated. First, the case-weight and three-step approaches demonstrated higher convergence rate than the one-step approach. Second, it was revealed that case-weight and three-step approaches generally did better in correct model selection than the one-step approach. Third, it was revealed that parameters were similarly recovered well by all three approaches for the larger class. However, parameter recovery for the smaller class differed between the three approaches. For example, the case-weight approach produced constantly lower empirical standard errors. However, the estimated standard errors were substantially underestimated by the case-weight and three-step approaches when class separation was low. Also, bias was substantially higher for the case-weight approach than the other two approaches.

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The six-factor model and its standardized factor loadings.
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Empirical power for testing group difference in the indirect effect in Population II (A) and in Population III (B). See Table 1 for description of the methods.
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