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Peer reviewedSugawara, Hazuki M.; MacCallum, Robert C. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1993
Alternative models for a large dataset were analyzed by asymptotically distribution-free, generalized least squares, maximum likelihood, and ordinary least squares estimation methods, comparing incremental and nonincremental fit indexes. Incremental methods were quite unstable across estimation methods. This phenomenon is explained. (SLD)
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Goodness of Fit, Least Squares Statistics, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
