Testing Inequality Constrained Hypotheses in SEM Models

Rens van de Schoot; Herbert Hoijtink; Maja Dekovic

Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal Vol. 17, No. 3 (2010) pp. 443–463

Researchers often have expectations that can be expressed in the form of inequality constraints among the parameters of a structural equation model. It is currently not possible to test these so-called informative hypotheses in structural equation...

Lifelong learning as a goal – Do autonomy and self-regulation in school result in well prepared pupils?

Marko Lüftenegger; Barbara Schober; Rens van de Schoot; Petra Wagner; Monika Finsterwald; Christiane Spiel

Learning and Instruction Vol. 22, No. 1 pp. 27–36

Fostering lifelong learning (LLL) is a topic of high relevance for current educational policy. School lays the cornerstone for the key components of LLL, specifically persistent motivation to learn and self-regulated learning behavior. The present...

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Bayesian Evaluation of Inequality-Constrained Hypotheses in SEM Models Using M"plus"

Rens van de Schoot; Herbert Hoijtink; Michael N. Hallquist; Paul A. Boelen

Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal Vol. 19, No. 4 (2012) pp. 593–609

Researchers in the behavioral and social sciences often have expectations that can be expressed in the form of inequality constraints among the parameters of a structural equation model resulting in an informative hypothesis. The questions they...