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Paras Mehta

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Paras P. Mehta

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Ferreting out tunneling: An application to Indian business groups

M Bertrand, P Mehta… - The quarterly journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Owners of business groups are often accused of expropriating minority shareholders by
tunneling resources from firms where they have low cash flow rights to firms where they have …

The role of instruction in learning to read: Preventing reading failure in at-risk children.

…, JM Fletcher, C Schatschneider, P Mehta - Journal of …, 1998 - psycnet.apa.org
First and 2nd graders (N= 285) receiving Title 1 services received 1 of 3 kinds of classroom
reading programs: direct instruction in letter–sound correspondences practiced in decodable …

OpenMx: an open source extended structural equation modeling framework

…, J Spies, R Estabrook, S Kenny, T Bates, P Mehta… - Psychometrika, 2011 - Springer
OpenMx is free, full-featured, open source, structural equation modeling (SEM) software.
OpenMx runs within the R statistical programming environment on Windows, Mac OS–X, and …

People are variables too: multilevel structural equations modeling.

PD Mehta, MC Neale - Psychological methods, 2005 - psycnet.apa.org
… Additional materials are on the Web at http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1037/1082-989X.10.3.259.supp
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Paras D. Mehta, Department …

Putting the individual back into individual growth curves.

PD Mehta, SG West - Psychological methods, 2000 - psycnet.apa.org
Scaling of time (age) in latent growth curve (LGC) models has important implications for
studies of development. When participants begin a study at different ages, sample means and …

Coping efficacy and psychological problems of children of divorce

IN Sandler, JY Tein, P Mehta, S Wolchik… - Child …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Three models of the relations of coping efficacy, coping, and psychological problems of
children of divorce were investigated. A structural equation model using cross‐sectional data of …

The dimensionality of phonological awareness: an application of item response theory.

…, BR Foorman, JM Fletcher, P Mehta - Journal of …, 1999 - psycnet.apa.org
A battery of 7 tasks composed of 105 items thought to measure phonological awareness
skills was administered to 945 children in kindergarten through 2nd grade. Results from …

Literacy as a unidimensional multilevel construct: Validation, sources of influence, and implications in a longitudinal study in grades 1 to 4

PD Mehta, BR Foorman, L Branum-Martin… - Scientific Studies of …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the extent to which literacy is a unitary construct, the differences
between literacy and general language competence, and the relative roles of teachers and …

Identifying trajectories of adolescent smoking: an application of latent growth mixture modeling.

CR Colder, P Mehta, K Balanda, RT Campbell… - Health …, 2001 - psycnet.apa.org
The goal of the current study was to identify discrete longitudinal patterns of change in
adolescent smoking using latent growth mixture modeling. Five distinct longitudinal patterns were …

Safety of hydroxychloroquine, alone and in combination with azithromycin, in light of rapid wide-spread use for COVID-19: a multinational, network cohort and self …

…, R Makadia, AV Margulis, ME Matheny, P Mehta… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background Hydroxychloroquine has recently received Emergency Use Authorization by the
FDA and is currently prescribed in combination with azithromycin for COVID-19 pneumonia. …