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Felson and Bohrnstedt’s Girls and Boys
Comparing Model B against Model A gives a nonsignificant chi-square of
with degrees of freedom. Assuming that Model B
is indeed correct, the Model B estimates are preferable over the Model A estimates.
The unstandardized parameter estimates for the girls’ sample are:
9.493 3.183– 6.310=
10 4 6=–
Regression Weights: (girls - Default model)
Estimate S.E. C.R. P Label
academic
<---
GPA .022 .002 9.475 *** p1
attract <---
height .008 .007 1.177 .239 p3
attract <---
weight -.003 .001 -2.453 .014 p4
attract <---
rating .145 .020 7.186 *** p5
attract <---
academic
1.448 .232 6.234 *** p6
academic
<---
attract .018 .039 .469 .639 p2
Covariances: (girls - Default model)
Estimate S.E. C.R. P Label
GPA <-->
rating
.526 .246 2.139 .032
height
<-->
rating
-.468 .205 -2.279 .023
GPA <-->
weight
-6.710 4.676 -1.435 .151
GPA <-->
height
1.819 .712 2.555 .011
height
<-->
weight
19.024 4.098 4.642 ***
weight
<-->
rating
-5.243 1.395 -3.759 ***
error1
<-->
error2
-.004 .008 -.464 .643
Variances: (girls - Default model)
Estimate S.E. C.R. P Label
GPA
12.122 1.189 10.198 ***
height
8.428 .826 10.198 ***
weight
371.476 36.427 10.198 ***
rating
1.015 .100 10.198 ***
error1
.018 .003 7.111 ***
error2
.144 .014 10.191 ***