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Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research 9/2012

01.11.2012 | Commentary

Improving the evaluation of model fit in confirmatory factor analysis: A commentary on Gundy, C.M., Fayers, P.M., Groenvold, M., Petersen, M. Aa., Scott, N.W., Sprangers, M.A.J., Velikov, G., Aaronson, N.K. (2011). Comparing higher-order models for the EORTC QLQ-C30. Quality of Life Research, doi:10.1007/s11136-011-0082-6

verfasst von: Cameron N. McIntosh

Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research | Ausgabe 9/2012

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Abstract

This article is a brief commentary in response to “Gundy, C.M., Fayers, P.M., Groenvold, M., Petersen, M. Aa., Scott, N.W., Sprangers, M.A.J., Velikov, G., Aaronson, N.K. (2011). Comparing higher-order models for the EORTC QLQ-C30. Quality of Life Research, doi:10.​1007/​s11136-011-0082-6.” The commentary argues that approximate goodness-of-fit indexes cannot be used to salvage confirmatory factor models rejected by the Chi-square test of exact fit. Instead, rigorous diagnostic procedures should be used to identify and resolve the particular sources of model misspecification.

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Metadaten
Titel
Improving the evaluation of model fit in confirmatory factor analysis: A commentary on Gundy, C.M., Fayers, P.M., Groenvold, M., Petersen, M. Aa., Scott, N.W., Sprangers, M.A.J., Velikov, G., Aaronson, N.K. (2011). Comparing higher-order models for the EORTC QLQ-C30. Quality of Life Research, doi:10.1007/s11136-011-0082-6
verfasst von
Cameron N. McIntosh
Publikationsdatum
01.11.2012
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Quality of Life Research / Ausgabe 9/2012
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-011-0084-4

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