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Decisional privacy gives individuals the freedom to act and make
decisions about how they live their lives, without unjustifiable
interference from other individuals or the state. This book
advances a theory of a child's right to decisional privacy. It
draws on the framework of the United Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child and extends the work of respected children's
rights scholars to address a significant gap in understanding the
interconnections between privacy, family law and children's rights.
It contextualises the theory through a case study: judicial
proceedings concerning medical treatment for children experiencing
gender dysphoria. This work argues that recognising a substantive
right to decisional privacy for children requires procedural rights
that facilitate children's meaningful participation in
decision-making about their best interests. It also argues that, as
courts have increasingly encroached upon decision-making regarding
children's medical treatment, they have denied the decisional
privacy rights of transgender and gender diverse children. This
book will benefit researchers, students, judicial officers and
practitioners in various jurisdictions worldwide grappling with the
tensions between children's rights, parental responsibilities and
state duties in relation to children's best interests, and with the
challenge of better enabling and listening to children's voices in
decision-making processes.
Applauded for its clarity, this accessible introduction helps
readers apply multilevel techniques to their research. The book
also includes advanced extensions, making it useful as both an
introduction for students and as a reference for researchers. Basic
models and examples are discussed in nontechnical terms with an
emphasis on understanding the methodological and statistical issues
involved in using these models. The estimation and interpretation
of multilevel models is demonstrated using realistic examples from
various disciplines including psychology, education, public health,
and sociology. Readers are introduced to a general framework on
multilevel modeling which covers both observed and latent variables
in the same model, while most other books focus on observed
variables. In addition, Bayesian estimation is introduced and
applied using accessible software.
Researchers often have difficulties collecting enough data to test
their hypotheses, either because target groups are small or hard to
access, or because data collection entails prohibitive costs. Such
obstacles may result in data sets that are too small for the
complexity of the statistical model needed to answer the research
question. This unique book provides guidelines and tools for
implementing solutions to issues that arise in small sample
research. Each chapter illustrates statistical methods that allow
researchers to apply the optimal statistical model for their
research question when the sample is too small. This essential book
will enable social and behavioral science researchers to test their
hypotheses even when the statistical model required for answering
their research question is too complex for the sample sizes they
can collect. The statistical models in the book range from the
estimation of a population mean to models with latent variables and
nested observations, and solutions include both classical and
Bayesian methods. All proposed solutions are described in steps
researchers can implement with their own data and are accompanied
with annotated syntax in R. The methods described in this book will
be useful for researchers across the social and behavioral
sciences, ranging from medical sciences and epidemiology to
psychology, marketing, and economics.
Applauded for its clarity, this accessible introduction helps
readers apply multilevel techniques to their research. The book
also includes advanced extensions, making it useful as both an
introduction for students and as a reference for researchers. Basic
models and examples are discussed in nontechnical terms with an
emphasis on understanding the methodological and statistical issues
involved in using these models. The estimation and interpretation
of multilevel models is demonstrated using realistic examples from
various disciplines including psychology, education, public health,
and sociology. Readers are introduced to a general framework on
multilevel modeling which covers both observed and latent variables
in the same model, while most other books focus on observed
variables. In addition, Bayesian estimation is introduced and
applied using accessible software.
Researchers often have difficulties collecting enough data to test
their hypotheses, either because target groups are small or hard to
access, or because data collection entails prohibitive costs. Such
obstacles may result in data sets that are too small for the
complexity of the statistical model needed to answer the research
question. This unique book provides guidelines and tools for
implementing solutions to issues that arise in small sample
research. Each chapter illustrates statistical methods that allow
researchers to apply the optimal statistical model for their
research question when the sample is too small. This essential book
will enable social and behavioral science researchers to test their
hypotheses even when the statistical model required for answering
their research question is too complex for the sample sizes they
can collect. The statistical models in the book range from the
estimation of a population mean to models with latent variables and
nested observations, and solutions include both classical and
Bayesian methods. All proposed solutions are described in steps
researchers can implement with their own data and are accompanied
with annotated syntax in R. The methods described in this book will
be useful for researchers across the social and behavioral
sciences, ranging from medical sciences and epidemiology to
psychology, marketing, and economics.
A practical introduction to using Mplus for the analysis of
multivariate data, this volume provides step-by-step guidance,
complete with real data examples, numerous screen shots, and output
excerpts. The author shows how to prepare a data set for import in
Mplus using SPSS. He explains how to specify different types of
models in Mplus syntax and address typical caveats--for example,
assessing measurement invariance in longitudinal SEMs. Coverage
includes path and factor analytic models as well as mediational,
longitudinal, multilevel, and latent class models. Specific
programming tips and solution strategies are presented in boxes in
each chapter. The companion website
(www.guilford.com/geiser-materials) features data sets, annotated
syntax files, and output for all of the examples. Of special
utility to instructors and students, many of the examples can be
run with the free demo version of Mplus.
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