Table 4.
Full Information Maximum Likelihood Estimate-Missing at Random (MLE-MAR) Estimates of Dynamical Parameters (and t-values) Based on Four Separate Bivariate Latent Change Score Models with a Fixed Ordinal Measurement Model (Threshold Parameters based on Table 3)
| (a) Male Hawaiian (n = 2,531) | (b) Male Non-Hawaiian (n = 1,192) | (c) Female Hawaiian (n = 2,286) | (d) Female Non-Hawaiian (n = 1,184) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| μWCESD | −.16 (−2.37) | −.10 (−1.20) | −.09 (−3.32) | −.11 (−1.07) |
| μGPA | .04 (1.50) | .08 (1.91) | −.02 (−0.40) | .002 (0.04) |
| βWCESD | −.98 (−11.1) | −1.02 (−9.61) | −.86 (−3.79) | −.65 (−3.78) |
| βGPA | .42 (1.09) | .26 (0.73) | −.07 (−0.18) | .25 (0.67) |
| γGPA → WCESD | −.45 (−1.76) | −.22 (−0.77) | −.34 (−0.69) | .15 (0.33) |
| γWCESD → GPA | −.72 (−2.72) | −.92 (−6.22) | −.99 (−7.24) | −.65 (−2.78) |
| χ2 | 81 | 74 | 42 | 63 |
| df | 52 | 51a | 52 | 50b |
| εa | .015 | .014 | .000 | .015 |
Notes:
a
indicates that there is no response in one category in WCESD, thus one less df.
b
indicates that there is no response in the last category in WCESD in Grades 9 and 10, with the highest threshold parameter rendered un-estimable.
Variances of all slope components are fixed at 1.0 for simplicity.
εa = Root Mean Square Error of Approximation.