Delving into Multiple Methods To Examine the Relationship Between Psychological Measurement and Empirical Outcome-CANCELLED

• Activity Number: 163
• Type: Roundtables
• Date/Time: Monday, August 4, 2008 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
• Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
• Author(s): Gideon D. Bahn and Martha E. Wynne and Mary Satchwell
• Companies: Loyola University Chicago and Loyola University Chicago and Loyola University Chicago
• Keywords: Korean American ; Confucian five moral codes ; academic achievement ; Structural Equation Modeling ; Stepwise Analysis ; Post-hoc comparison

Abstract

Statisticians often have to use multiple methods to answer complicated research questions. This study delves into multiple different methods to examine the relationship between Korean American students' academic achievement and their family background, focusing on the fundamental ideology of Korean education, the five Confucian moral codes. The data are analyzed through the sensitive analysis for Hybrid Path Model and Path Analysis in Structural Equation Modeling, post-hoc analysis in Analysis of Variance and Backward Method in Multiple Linear Regression Modeling. The results suggest that Korean American students' high academic achievement is related more to their parents' financial support for their children's education than to the degree to which parents retain traditional beliefs about Korean educational values embodied in the five Confucian moral codes.