TY - JOUR
AU1 - Mulaik, Stanley A.
AU2 - James, Larry R.
AU3 - Van Alstine, Judith
AU4 - Bennett, Nathan
AU5 - Lind, Sherri
AU6 - Stilwell, C. Dean
AB - Discusses how current goodness-of-fit indices fail to assess parsimony and hence disconfirmability of a model and are insensitive to misspecifications of causal relations (a) among latent variables when measurement model with many indicators is correct and (b) when causal relations corresponding to free parameters expected to be nonzero turn out to be zero or near zero. A discussion of philosophy of parsimony elucidates relations of parsimony to parameter estimation, disconfirmability, and goodness of fit. AGFI in LISREL is rejected. A method of adjusting goodness-of-fit indices by a parsimony ratio is described. Also discusses less biased estimates of goodness of fit and a relative normed-fit index for testing fit of structural model exclusive of the measurement model.
TI - Evaluation of Goodness-of-Fit Indices for Structural Equation Models
JF - Psychological Bulletin
DO - 10.1037/0033-2909.105.3.430
DA - 1989-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/evaluation-of-goodness-of-fit-indices-for-structural-equation-models-05LE3G09QP
SP - 430
EP - 445
VL - 105
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -