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Download full textWolfle, Lee M.; Ethington, Corinna A. – 1984
To correct for the effects of measurement error on structural parameter estimates, many researchers are now estimating models of educational achievement with LISREL. In order to estimate such models it is desirable to obtain multiple manifest measures of the latent constructs. Many researchers restrict their models to two manifest measures per…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics), Goodness of Fit
Whitener, Leslie A. – 1983
One limitation of hired farm labor data from the Decennial Census is undercounting; the seasonal nature of farm work means that many farm laborers are not employed in March, when the Census is taken. The 1981 Hired Farm Working Force Survey provided data to evaluate the usefulness of Census data for farm labor research. Data were grouped into…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Educational Background
