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Publication Date: 2004-Jul-1
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A Note on Extending Steiger's (1998) Multiple Sample RMSEA Adjustment to Other Noncentrality Parameter-Based Statistics
Dudgeon, Paul
Structural Equation Modeling, v11 n3 p305-319 Jul 2004
This article considers the implications for other noncentrality parameter-based statistics from Steiger's (1998) multiple sample adjustment to the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) measure. When a structural equation model is fitted simultaneously in more than 1 sample, it is shown that the calculation of the noncentrality parameter used in tests of approximate fit and in point and interval estimators of other noncentral fit statistics (except the expected cross-validation index) also requires a likeminded adjustment. Furthermore, it is shown that an adjustment is needed in multiple sample models for correctly calculating MacCallum, Browne, and Sugawara's (1996) approach to power analysis. The accuracy of these proposals is investigated and demonstrated in a small Monte Carlo study in which particular attention is paid to using appropriately constructed covariance matrices that give specified nonzero population discrepancy values under maximum likelihood estimation.
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Monte Carlo Methods, Structural Equation Models, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
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