Date of Award
1-1-2012
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology
Program
Educational Psychology and Methodology
Content Description
1 online resource (xix, 164 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Robert Pruzek
Committee Members
David Dai, Bruce Dudek
Keywords
birth weight, childhood, cognitive ability, confounding, generalized propensity score methods, loess regression, Birth weight, Cognition in children
Subject Categories
Developmental Psychology | Educational Psychology | Quantitative Psychology
Abstract
This study applied nonparametric loess regression to describe the predictive association between birth weight and cognitive ability in childhood and generalized propensity score methods to control the confounding of multiple covariates that summarize prenatal differences.
Recommended Citation
Tan, Xiaoyuan, "A study of birth weight as a predictor of cognitive ability in childhood : applications of Loess regression and generalized propensity score methods" (2012). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 778.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/778
Included in
Developmental Psychology Commons, Educational Psychology Commons, Quantitative Psychology Commons