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Area of Science:

  • Statistics
  • Econometrics
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Structural Equation Models (SEMs) are widely used for analyzing complex relationships between observed and latent variables.
  • Accurately specifying the functional form in the structural part of SEMs is crucial for valid inference.
  • Existing methods may lack robustness or theoretical grounding for diagnosing functional form misspecification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel framework for motivating and diagnosing the functional form in SEMs.
  • To address misspecification in the structural component when the measurement model is a linear confirmatory factor model.
  • To provide theoretically sound estimators for conditional expectations of endogenous latent variables.

Main Methods:

  • Mathematical population-based analysis to derive asymptotic identification results.
  • Development of theoretically well-founded estimators for conditional expectations.
  • Simulation studies to evaluate the performance of the proposed estimators against alternatives.
  • Application of Bartlett factor scores with non-parametric regression methods.

Main Results:

  • Asymptotic identification results for conditional expectations were established.
  • The proposed estimators demonstrated favorable performance in simulation studies compared to existing methods.
  • The framework effectively aids in diagnosing functional form misspecification in SEMs.

Conclusions:

  • The developed framework provides a robust approach to functional form specification in SEMs.
  • The recommended estimator using Bartlett factor scores offers a practical and effective solution.
  • This research contributes to more reliable analysis of latent variable models.