Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ543814
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Publication Date: 1997
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Effect of the Number of Scale Points on Chi-Square Fit Indices in Confirmatory Factor Analysis.
Green, Samuel B.; And Others
Structural Equation Modeling, v4 n2 p108-20 1997
A study of the effect of the number of item response categories on chi-square statistics for confirmatory factor analysis indicates that the chi-square statistic for evaluating a single-factor model is most inflated for two-category responses and becomes less inflated as the number of categories increases. (SLD)
Descriptors: Chi Square, Classification, Goodness of Fit, Item Response Theory, Mathematical Models, Scaling
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Language: English
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