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Vrieze, Scott I. – Psychological Methods, 2012
This article reviews the Akaike information criterion (AIC) and the Bayesian information criterion (BIC) in model selection and the appraisal of psychological theory. The focus is on latent variable models, given their growing use in theory testing and construction. Theoretical statistical results in regression are discussed, and more important…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Psychology, Interviews