Table 7.
Parameter estimates from multiple-indicator multiple-cause interaction model for non-uniform differential item functioning (MIMIC-Interaction model) for which covariate effects are present
| Reference Parameter | Baseline | Covariate Effect |
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| Age | Age2 | Male | Male × Age | Male × Age2 | ||
| Non-Violent Factor | ||||||
| Mean | 0.00a | −0.08 (.02) | −0.03 (.01) | 0.38 (.05) | 0.08 (.02) | – |
| Violent Factor | ||||||
| Mean | 0.00a | −0.09 (.03) | −0.05 (.01) | 0.67 (.06) | 0.06 (.03) | 0.03 (.01) |
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| DS2. Property Damage | ||||||
| Intercept | −2.98 (.17) | −0.10 (.04) | – | −0.38 (.29) | – | – |
| Loading | 2.07 (.16) | – | – | 0.93 (.25) | – | – |
| DS3. Lie Parents | ||||||
| Intercept | 0.62 (.08) | 0.33 (.04) | −0.05 (.02) | −0.84 (.09) | −0.25 (.05) | – |
| Loading | 1.41 (.08) | – | – | – | – | – |
| DS8. Car w/o Permission | ||||||
| Intercept | −3.04 (.13) | 0.11 (.04) | −0.06 (.02) | – | – | – |
| Loading | 1.40 (.09) | – | – | – | – | – |
| DS15. Rowdy in Public | ||||||
| Intercept | 0.00 (.07) | – | – | −0.49 (.10) | – | – |
| Loading | 1.41 (.08) | – | – | – | – | – |
| FV1. Saw Shoot/Stab | ||||||
| Intercept | −3.54 (.25) | 0.19 (.07) | 0.09 (.04) | −0.89 (.13) | – | – |
| Loading | 2.09 (.13) | −0.03 (.05) | −0.08 (.03) | – | – | – |
| FV2. Pulled Weapon on You | ||||||
| Intercept | −4.42 (.27) | 0.29 (.09) | 0.12 (.05) | – | – | – |
| Loading | 2.45 (.17) | 0.01 (.07) | −0.09 (.04) | – | – | – |
| FV3. Shot You | ||||||
| Intercept | −6.51 (.39) | 0.49 (.18) | 0.12 (.05) | – | – | – |
| Loading | 1.55 (.16) | −0.27 (.10) | – | – | – | – |
| DS6. Hurt Other Badly | ||||||
| Intercept | −3.40 (.16) | −0.06 (.07) | – | 0.23 (.12) | 0.12 (.06) | – |
| Loading | 2.04 (.12) | −0.04 (.07) | – | – | – | – |
| DS14. Group Fight | ||||||
| Intercept | −2.56 (.15) | −0.10 (.07) | – | −1.20 (.28) | 0.49 (.14) | – |
| Loading | 1.77 (.14) | −0.06 (.08) | – | 0.61 (.25) | −0.25 (.12) | – |
Note: See Table 1 for full descriptions of items. Age = 0 corresponds to 15 years of age; units are years. Male = 0 corresponds to females; Male = 1 corresponds to males.
a
Indicates that the value of the parameter was fixed (not estimated) to identify the model and set the scale of the latent variables.