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Rainier Masa
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 58
Citations - 838
Rainier Masa is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Food security & Asset (economics). The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 51 publications receiving 648 citations. Previous affiliations of Rainier Masa include Washington University in St. Louis & University of Johannesburg.
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Transforming wealth: Using the inverse hyperbolic sine (IHS) and splines to predict youth's math achievement
TL;DR: IHS transformed wealth relates to youth's math achievement similarly when compared to categorical and natural log transformations, indicating that it is a viable alternative to other transformations commonly used in research.
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Conducting Measurement Invariance Tests with Ordinal Data: A Guide for Social Work Researchers
Natasha K. Bowen,Rainier Masa +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize information from the literature and provide recommendations for appropriate measurement invariance procedures with ordinal data, and use data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (LHS) to demonstrate applications of invariance testing with ordal data.
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Assets and child well-being in developing countries: A research review
TL;DR: The impact of assets on child well-being in developing countries has received considerable attention in the last decade as discussed by the authors, which has spurred efforts to study the relationship between assets and a range of outcomes for children.
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The effects of parental involvement on academic performance of Ghanaian youth: Testing measurement and relationships using structural equation modeling
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether parental involvement at home and school are meaningfully different constructs in a population of Ghanaian youth and their parents, and whether parent involvement predicts academic performance.
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Determinants of Saving among Low-Income Individuals in Rural Uganda: Evidence from Assets Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the broader determinants of saving and asset accumulation among low-income individuals in rural Uganda and found that wealth, proximity to financial institutions, financial education, and financial incentives are positively associated with higher saving performance.