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Selecting an Optimal Measurement Model and Detecting Differential Item Functioning Using Bayesian Confirmatory Factor Analysis
I investigated the sampling behavior of DIC and WAIC in the context of selecting an optimal measurement model in Bayesian SEM, as well as the utility of highly constrained parameter estimates in detecting differential item functioning (DIF). I assessed the relative efficiency of WAIC compared to …
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Multilevel modelling of determinants of contraceptive method choice among women in South Africa
… based on Watanabe{Akaike information criterion (WAIC), which has been shown to outperform conventional information-criterion such as DIC. The results established that an individual woman's choice of contraception is a function of both individual characteristics and community e ects. In bivariate …