Arbeitspapier

Assessing and relaxing assumptions in quasi-simplex models

The quasi-simplex model makes use of at least three repeated measures of the same variable to estimate its reliability. The model has rather strict assumptions about how various parameters in the model are related to each other. Previous studies have outlined how several of the assumptions of the quasi-simplex model may be relaxed using more than 3 waves of data. It is unclear however whether the assumptions of the quasi-simplex model are overly strict. In other words, it is not known whether relaxing the assumptions results in better models or different substantive conclusions with regard to the reliability of survey measures. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey this paper shows how the assumptions of the quasi-simplex model can be relaxed. We conclude that relaxing the assumptions in practice seldom leads to a better model or different conclusions than the traditional quasi-simplex model.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2014-09

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
Thema
quasi-simplex model
reliability
panel data
BHPS
measurement error

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cernat, Alexandru
Lugtig, Peter
Uhrig, S.C. Noah
Watson, Nicole
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
(wo)
Colchester
(wann)
2014

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cernat, Alexandru
  • Lugtig, Peter
  • Uhrig, S.C. Noah
  • Watson, Nicole
  • University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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