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Applications of Latent Trait and Latent Class Models
in the Social Sciences

Edited by
Jürgen Rost and Rolf Langeheine

 

 
Introduction

 

1.

Rost, Jürgen, and Langeheine, Rolf
A Guide through Latent Structure Models for Categorical Data

 

2.

Molenaar, Ivo W.
Lenient or Strict Application of IRT with an Eye on Practical Consequences

 
 

 
Educational Assessment

 

3.

Allerup, Peter
Statistical Analyses of Data from the IEA Reading Literacy Study

 

4.

Andrich, David, de Jong, John H.A.L., and Sheridan, Barry E.
Diagnostic Opportunities with the Rasch Model for Ordered Response Categories

 

5.

Berger, Martijn P.F.
Optimal Designs for Latent Variable Models: A Review

 

6.

Lunz, Mary E., and Wright, Benjamin D.
Latent Trait Models for Performance Examinations

 

7.

Yamamoto, Kentaro, and Everson, Howard
Modeling the Effects of Test Length and Test Time on Parameter Estimation Using the HYBRID Model

 
 

 
Analysing Cognitive Tasks

 

8.

Sijtsma, Klaas, and Junker, Brian W.
Invariant Item Ordering of Transitive Reasoning Tasks

 

9.

Spiel, Christiane, Gittler, Georg, Sirsch, Ulrike, and Glück, Judith
Application of the Rasch Model for Testing Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

 

10.

von Eye, Alexander, Rovine, Michael J., and Spiel, Christiane
Patterns of School Performance and Cognitive Development in Early Adolescents -An Application of Prediction Analysis

 

11.

Willmes, Klaus
Application of Polytomous Rasch Models to the Subtest Written Language
of the Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT)

 
 

 
Life Satisfaction Data

 

12.

Croon, Marcel, and Heinen, Ton
Incorporating Item Response Theories in Causal Models

 

13.

Eid, Michael
Happiness and Satisfaction: An Application of a Latent State-Trait Model
for Ordinal Variables

 

14.

van den Wittenboer, G., Hox, J.J., and de Leeuw, E.D.
Aberrant Response Patterns in Elderly Respondents: Latent Class Analysis
of Respondent Scalability

 

15.

van Schuur, Wijbrandt H.
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Work Values as a Single Unfolding Scale

 
 

 
Assessment of Deviant Behavior

 

16.

Dayton, C. Mitchell, and Scheers, N.J.
Latent Class Analysis of Survey Data Dealing with Academic Dishonesty

 

17.

Sorenson, Ann Marie, Brownfield, David, and Jensen, Gary F.
Constructing Comparable Measures of Delinquency by Gender:
A Theoretical and Empirical Inquiry

 

18.

Uebersax, John S.
Analysis of Student Problem Behaviors with Latent Trait, Latent Class, and Related Probit Mixture Models

 

19.

van der Heijden, Peter, 't Hart, Harm, and Dessens, Jos
A Parametric Bootstrap Procedure to Perform Statistical Tests in a LCA
of Anti-Social Behavior

 
 

 
Social Attitudes

 

20.

Agresti, Alan
Connections Between Loglinear Models and Generalized Rasch Models
for Ordinal Responses

 

21.

Bartholomew, David J., de Menezes, Lilian M., and Tzamourani, Panagiota
Latent Trait and Latent Class Models Applied to Survey Data

 

22.

Kempf, Wilhelm
Latent Styles of German Newspaper Coverage of Allied Prisoners of War During the Gulf War

 

23.

Knott, Martin, and Tzamourani, Panagiota
Fitting a Latent Trait Model for Missing Observations to Racial
Prejudice Data

 

24.

Kutylowski, A. Jan
Nonparametric Latent Factor Analysis of Occupational Inventory Data

 

25.

McCutcheon, Allan L., and Hagenaars, Jacques A.
Comparative Social Research with Multi-Sample Latent Class Models

 

26.

Rost, Jürgen, and Luo, Guanzhong
An Application of a Rasch-Based Unfolding Model to a Questionnaire on Adolescent Centrism

 

27.

Tarnai, Christian, and Wuggenig, Ulf
Value Orientations in the World of Visual Art: An Exploration Based on Latent Class and Correspondence Analysis

 
 

 
Psychological Constructs

 

28.

von Davier, Matthias, and Rost, Jürgen
Self Monitoring - A Class Variable?

 

29.

Frick, Ulrich, Rehm, Jürgen, and Thien, Uta
On the Latent Structure of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI): Using the "Somatic" Subscale to Evaluate a Clinical Trial

 

30.

Keller, Ferdinand, and Kempf, Wilhelm
Some Latent Trait and Latent Class Analyses of the Beck-Depression- Inventory (BDI)

 

31.

Rost, Jürgen, Carstensen, Claus, and von Davier, Matthias
Applying the Mixed Rasch Model to Personality Questionnaires

 
 

 
Epidemiological Studies

 

32.

Böhning, Dankmar, Dietz, Ekkehart, and Schlattmann, Peter
Zero-Inflated Count Models and their Applications in Public Health and Social Science

 

33.

Kohlmann, Thomas, and Formann, Anton K.
Using Latent Class Models to Analyze Response Patterns in Epidemiologic Mail Surveys

 

34.

Matschinger, Herbert, and Angermeyer, Matthias C.
Detecting Artifacts in Panel Studies by Latent Class Analysis

 

 

 
Longitudinal Designs

 

35.

Böckenholt, Ulf
Concomitant Variables in Latent Change Models

 

36.

Humphreys, Keith
Classification Error Adjustments for Female Labour Force Transitions Using a Latent Markov Chain with Random Effects

 

37.

Jansen, Margo G.H.
Applications of Rasch's Poisson Counts Model to Longitudinal Count Data

 

38.

Meiser, Thorsten, and Rudinger, Georg
Modeling Stability and Regularity of Change: Latent Structure Analysis of Longitudinal Discrete Data

 

39.

Reinecke, Jost
Testing the Theory of Planned Behavior with Latent Markov Models

 

40.

van de Pol, Frank
Educational Mobility, Cohort and Gender; A Latent Class Reanalysis of the Ganzeboom and de Graaf Data

 

Index