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Three Myths and Truths About Model Fit in Confirmatory Factor Analysis

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by Christos Giannoulis, PhD

We mentioned before that we use Confirmatory Factor Analysis to evaluate whether the relationships among the variables are adequately represented by the hypothesized factor structure. The factor structure (relationships between factors and variables) can be based on theoretical justification or previous findings.

Once we estimate the relationship indicators of those factors, the next task is to determine the extent to which these structure specifications are consistent with the data. The main question we are trying to answer is:

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Tagged With: CFA, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, factor structure, fit statistics, Model Fit, SEM, Structural Equation Modeling

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