Assessing Structural Equation Models by Equivalence Testing With Adjusted Fit Indexes

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 319-330

  Yuan, Ke Hai ^a   Chan, Wai ^b   Marcoulides, George A ^c   Bentler, Peter M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CFI; likelihood ratio statistic; RMSEA; tolerance size; Type I error

Indexed keywords

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CFI; LIKELIHOOD RATIO STATISTICS; RMSEA; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; TYPE-I ERROR;

EQUIVALENCE CLASSES;

EID: 84946854546     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: 15328007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2015.1065414     Document Type: Article

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