A Monte Carlo Study of the Effects of Model Misspecification on HLM Estimates.

Autor/inn/en	Donoghue, John R.; Jenkins, Frank
Institution	Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.
Titel	A Monte Carlo Study of the Effects of Model Misspecification on HLM Estimates.
Quelle	(1992), (44 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Correlation; Estimation (Mathematics); Models; Monte Carlo Methods; Predictor Variables; Sample Size + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Estimation; Mathematics; Schätzung; Analogiemodell; Monte-Carlo-Methode; Prädiktor
Abstract	Monte Carlo methods were used to investigate the effect of misspecification of the second level in a two-level hierarchical linear model (HLM). Sample composition, heterogeneity of the group size, level of intraclass correlation, and correlation between second-level predictors were manipulated. Each of 20 generated data sets was analyzed nine times with the HLM program, corresponding to the correct model and eight types of misspecification. The error variance was estimated accurately for all model specifications. For the correct second-level model, regression parameters and the covariance matrix of the second level errors were estimated accurately, although estimates were slightly biased for some levels of the sample composition manipulation. Misspecifications that failed to include a predictor had a larger effect than those which erroneously included an effect. Reactivity was assessed by examining parameters of equations which were correctly specified, although another equation in the model was misspecified. HLM showed little reactivity. Only one of the misspecified models yielded estimates that were significantly farther, on average, from the generating parameters than were those of the correctly specified model. An appendix contains three tables describing the correctly specified model. (Contains 12 text tables and 21 references.) (Author/SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC