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ERIC Number: EJ399836
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Factors Influencing Noncompletion of High School: A Comparison of Methodologies.
Weng, Li-Jen; And Others
Educational Research Quarterly, v12 n2 p8-22 1988
Impacts of the parents' divorce and the student's academic potential and drug use on non-completion of high school were examined using 3 methods of structural equation modeling with latent variables. Data were collected from 706 adolescents (in grades 10 through 12). Maximum likelihood, asymptotically distribution-free, and categorical variable methodologies yielded different results. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Failure, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Divorce, Dropouts, Drug Use, High School Graduates, High School Students, High Schools, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables, Statistical Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Asymptotic Distribution Theory; Categorical Variable Methodology; Structural Equation Models