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Alternative Ways of Assessing Model Fit
Tập 21 Số 2 - Trang 230-258 - 1992
This article is concerned with measures of fit of a model. Two types of error
involved in fitting a model are considered. The first is error of approximation
which involves the fit of the model, with optimally chosen but unknown parameter
values, to the population covariance matrix. The second is overall error which
involves the fit of the model, with parameter values estimated from the sample,
to...
Multimodel Inference
Tập 33 Số 2 - Trang 261-304 - 2004
The model selection literature has been generally poor at reflecting the deep
foundations of the Akaike information criterion (AIC) and at making appropriate
comparisons to the Bayesian information criterion (BIC). There is a clear
philosophy, a sound criterion based in information theory, and a rigorous
statistical foundation for AIC. AIC can be justified as Bayesian using a “savvy”
prior on mode...
Practical Issues in Structural Modeling
Tập 16 Số 1 - Trang 78-117 - 1987
Practical problems that are frequently encountered in applications of covariance
structure analysis are discussed and solutions are suggested. Conceptual,
statistical, and practical requirements for structural modeling are reviewed to
indicate how basic assumptions might be violated. Problems associated with
estimation, results, and model fit are also mentioned. Various issues in each
area are rai...
Snowball Sampling: Problems and Techniques of Chain Referral Sampling
Tập 10 Số 2 - Trang 141-163 - 1981
In spite of the fact that chain referral sampling has been widely used in
qualitative sociological research, especially in the study of deviant behavior,
the problems and techniques involved in its use have not been adequately
explained. The procedures of chain referral sampling are not self-evident or
obvious. This article attempts to rectify this methodological neglect. The
article provides a de...
A New Incremental Fit Index for General Structural Equation Models
Tập 17 Số 3 - Trang 303-316 - 1989
Assessing overall model fit is an important problem in general structural
equation models. One of the most widely used fit measures is Bentler and
Bonett's (1980) normed index. This article has three purposes: (1) to propose a
new incremental fit measure that provides an adjustment to the normed index for
sample size and degrees of freedom, (2) to explain the relation between this new
fit measure ...
A SAS Procedure Based on Mixture Models for Estimating Developmental Trajectories
Tập 29 Số 3 - Trang 374-393 - 2001
This article introduces a new SAS procedure written by the authors that analyzes
longitudinal data (developmental trajectories) by fitting a mixture model. The
TRAJ procedure fits semiparametric (discrete) mixtures of censored normal,
Poisson, zero-inflated Poisson, and Bernoulli distributions to longitudinal
data. Applications to psychometric scale data, offense counts, and a dichotomous
prevalen...
The Performance of RMSEA in Models With Small Degrees of Freedom
Tập 44 Số 3 - Trang 486-507 - 2015
Given that the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) is currently one
of the most popular measures of goodness-of-model fit within structural equation
modeling (SEM), it is important to know how well the RMSEA performs in models
with small degrees of freedom ( df). Unfortunately, most previous work on the
RMSEA and its confidence interval has focused on models with a large df.
Building o...
Sampling Weights and Regression Analysis
Tập 23 Số 2 - Trang 230-257 - 1994
Most major population surveys used by social scientists are based on complex
sampling designs where sampling units have different probabilities of being
selected. Although sampling weights must generally be used to derive unbiased
estimates of univariate population characteristics, the decision about their use
in regression analysis is more complicated. Where sampling weights are solely a
function...
Impact of a Confounding Variable on a Regression Coefficient
Tập 29 Số 2 - Trang 147-194 - 2000
Regression coefficients cannot be interpreted as causal if the relationship can
be attributed to an alternate mechanism. One may control for the alternate cause
through an experiment (e.g., with random assignment to treatment and control) or
by measuring a corresponding confounding variable and including it in the model.
Unfortunately, there are some circumstances under which it is not possible to...
Talk Is Cheap
Tập 43 Số 2 - Trang 178-209 - 2014
This article examines the methodological implications of the fact that what
people say is often a poor predictor of what they do. We argue that many
interview and survey researchers routinely conflate self-reports with behavior
and assume a consistency between attitudes and action. We call this erroneous
inference of situated behavior from verbal accounts the attitudinal fallacy.
Though interviewi...