Monitoring pupil development by means of the Kalman filter and smoother based upon sem state space modeling |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Chemistry, Jan Kochanowski University, ?wi?tokrzyska 15G, 25-406 Kielce, Poland;2. The Structural Research Laboratory, Jan Kochanowski University, ?wi?tokrzyska 15G, 25-406 Kielce, Poland;3. Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, ?wi?tokrzyska 15, 25-406 Kielce, Poland;4. Holycross Cancer Center, Artwińskiego 3, 25-734 Kielce, Poland |
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| Abstract: | If test scores are collected from an individual pupil at different points in time and a state space model is available for describing latent ability development over time, the Kalman filter and smoother turn out to be the optimal procedures for estimating the pupil's latent curves. The Kalman filter is implemented in the Nijmegen Pupil Monitoring System LISKAL. The essentials of Kalman filtering and smoothing in comparison to traditional cross-sectional factor score estimators are explained, stressing unbiasedness considerations and the initialization problem. The state space model is represented as a SEM model and estimated by means of a SEM program. The value of the Kalman filter and smoother in pupil monitoring is enhanced by specifying a “structured means” instead of the traditional “zero means” SEM model and by introducing random subject effects. |
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