Covariance structure analysis with polytomous and interval data.

by Yin-Ping Leung.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-96).Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter Chapter 2 --- Estimation of the Correlation between Polytomous and Interval Data --- p.6Chapter 2.1 --- Model --- p.6Chapter 2.2 --- Maximum Likelihood Estimation --- p.8Chapter 2.3 --- Partition Maximum Likelihood Estimation --- p.10Chapter 2.4 --- Optimization Procedure and Simulation Study --- p.18Chapter Chapter 3 --- Three-stage Procedure for Covariance Structure Analysis --- p.25Chapter 3.1 --- Model --- p.25Chapter 3.2 --- Three-stage Estimation Method --- p.26Chapter 3.3 --- Optimization Procedure and Simulation Study --- p.38Chapter Chapter 4 --- Two-stage Procedure for Correlation Structure Analysis --- p.46Chapter 4.1 --- Model --- p.47Chapter 4.2 --- Two-stage Estimation Method --- p.47Chapter 4.3 --- Optimization Procedure and Monte Carlo Study --- p.50Chapter 4.4 --- Comparison of Two Methods --- p.53Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.56Tables --- p.58References --- p.9