Quantified choice of root-mean-square errors of approximation for evaluation and power analysis of small differences between structural equation models

Psychological Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-126

  Li, Libo ^a   Bentler, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equidiscrepancy line; Model comparison; Power analysis; RMSEA; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 79958783406     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022657     Document Type: Article

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