NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Source
Structural Equation Modeling:…1
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing one result Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tong-Rong Yang; Li-Jen Weng – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
In Savalei's (2011) simulation that evaluated the performance of polychoric correlation estimates in small samples, two methods for treating zero-frequency cells, adding 0.5 (ADD) and doing nothing (NONE), were compared. Savalei tentatively suggested using ADD for binary data and NONE for data with three or more categories. Yet, Savalei's…
Descriptors: Correlation, Statistical Distributions, Monte Carlo Methods, Sample Size