Multiple Indicators : An Introduction

by John L. Sullivan

• ISBN13: 9780803913691
• ISBN10: 0803913699
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1979-11-01
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

A presentation and critique of the use of multiple measures of theoretical concepts to assess both validity, using the multirait-multimethod matrix, and reliablity, using multiple indicators with a path analytic framework.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction	p. 5
Preface	p. 8
Introduction	p. 9
Validity, Reliability, and Multiple Indicators	p. 16
Campbell and Fiske's Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix	p. 17
An Application of the Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix to Achievement Motivation	p. 25
Costner's Multiple-Indicator Approach to Reliability Assessment	p. 28
Extensions to More Concepts	p. 35
Extensions to More Indicators	p. 38
An Example Applying Costner's Procedures	p. 40
Critique of Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix	p. 47
Multiple-Indicator Models for Panel Data	p. 56
Applications to Panel Data of Party Identification and Attitudes Toward Political Parties	p. 66
Conclusions	p. 70
Hypothesis Testing	p. 70
Estimation	p. 73
Multiple-Indicator Models: Some Final Considerations	p. 75
Some Basic Statistical Concepts	p. 76
Populations and Samples	p. 76
Parameters and Estimates	p. 76
Bias and Efficiency	p. 77
Identification	p. 77
The Wiley and Wiley Three-Wave, One-Indicator Model	p. 79
Notes	p. 82
References	p. 84
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