Multilevel analysis of structural equation models.

by Linda Hoi-ying Yau.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991.Includes bibliographical references.Chapter Chapter 1 --- PreliminaryChapter § 1.1 --- Introduction page --- p.1Chapter § 1.2 --- Notations page --- p.3Chapter Chapter 2 --- Multilevel Analysis of Structural Equation Models with Multivariate Normal DistributionChapter § 2.1 --- The Multilevel Structural Equation Model page --- p.4Chapter § 2.2 --- "First Stage Estimation of and Σkmkm-1---ki+1wo for i=1,...,m-1 page" --- p.5Chapter § 2:3 --- Second Stage Estimation of Structural Parameters page --- p.10Chapter Chapter 3 --- Generalization to Arbitrary and Elliptical DistributionsChapter § 3.1 --- Asymptotically Distribution-Free Estimation page --- p.25Chapter § 3.2 --- Elliptical Distribution Estimation page --- p.30Chapter Chapter 4 --- Artificial ExamplesChapter § 4.1 --- Examples on Multivariate Normal Distribution Estimation Page --- p.34Chapter § 4.2 --- Examples on Elliptical Distribution Estimation page --- p.40Chapter §4.3 --- Findings and Summary Page --- p.42Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion and Discussion page --- p.44References page --- p.47Figure 1 page --- p.49Appendices page --- p.50Tables Page --- p.5