Country effects in ISSP-1993 environmental data: Comparison of SEM approaches

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• dc.contributor.author Rivera, Pilarca
• dc.contributor.author Satorra, Albertca
• dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
• dc.date.accessioned 2017-07-26T12:07:53Z
• dc.date.available 2017-07-26T12:07:53Z
• dc.date.issued 2000-01-01
• dc.date.modified 2017-07-23T02:05:14Z
• dc.description.abstract Structural equation models (SEM) are commonly used to analyze the relationship between variables some of which may be latent, such as individual ``attitude'' to and ``behavior'' concerning specific issues. A number of difficulties arise when we want to compare a large number of groups, each with large sample size, and the manifest variables are distinctly non-normally distributed. Using an specific data set, we evaluate the appropriateness of the following alternative SEM approaches: multiple group versus MIMIC models, continuous versus ordinal variables estimation methods, and normal theory versus non-normal estimation methods. The approaches are applied to the ISSP-1993 Environmental data set, with the purpose of exploring variation in the mean level of variables of ``attitude'' to and ``behavior'' concerning environmental issues and their mutual relationship across countries. Issues of both theoretical and practical relevance arise in the course of this application.
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• dc.identifier https://econ-papers.upf.edu/ca/paper.php?id=458
• dc.identifier.citation Latent Variable and Latent Structure Models (G. Marcoulides and I. Moustaki, edts.), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers (in press)
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/1101
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.relation.ispartofseries Economics and Business Working Papers Series; 458
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• dc.subject.keyword structural equation models
• dc.subject.keyword factors models
• dc.subject.keyword mimic models
• dc.subject.keyword latent variables
• dc.subject.keyword multiple group analysis
• dc.subject.keyword non-normality
• dc.subject.keyword goodness of fit test
• dc.subject.keyword environmental data
• dc.subject.keyword Statistics, Econometrics and Quantitative Methods
• dc.title Country effects in ISSP-1993 environmental data: Comparison of SEM approachesca
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper