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Doing the Four-Step, Right-2-3, Wrong-2-3: A Brief Reply to Mulaik and Millsap; Bollen, Bentler; and Herting and Costner.
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Hayduk, Leslie A.; Glaser, Dale N. – Structural Equation Modeling, 2000
Replies to commentaries on the four-step approach to structural equation modeling, pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of each argument and ultimately concluding that the four-step model is subject to criticisms that can be addressed to factor analysis as well. (SLD)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Research Methodology, Structural Equation Models
Rites, Wrongs, and Gold in Model Testing.
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Bentler, Peter M. – Structural Equation Modeling, 2000
Discusses issues related to model evaluation in structural equation modeling. Supports nested model comparisons via sequential chi-square difference tests as consistent with the four-step approach to model evaluation when models of the factor analytic simultaneous equation type are entertained. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Chi Square, Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
The Goldstein-Scheerer Tests of Abstract and Concrete Thinking. Test Review.
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O'Brien, Francis J., Jr. – 1987
The Goldstein-Scheerer Tests of Abstract and Concrete Thinking are reviewed. This evaluative summary supplements several reviews in the Mental Measurements Yearbook series. The Goldstein-Scheerer tests are used by clinicians and researchers to distinguish normal individuals (those able to engage in two qualitatively different levels of cognitive…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Cognitive Tests, Concept Formation