Abstract
A framework for hypothesis testing and power analysis in the assessment of fit of covariance structure models is presented. We emphasize the value of confidence intervals for fit indices, and we stress the relationship of confidence intervals to a framework for hypothesis testing. The approach allows for testing null hypotheses of not-good fit, reversing the role of the null hypothesis in conventional tests of model fit, so that a significant result provides strong support for good fit. The approach also allows for direct estimation of power, where effect size is defined in terms of a null and alternative value of the root-mean-square error of approximation fit index proposed by J. H. Steiger and J. M. Lind (1980). It is also feasible to determine minimum sample size required to achieve a given level of power for any test of fit in this framework. Computer programs and examples are provided for power analyses and calculation of minimum sample sizes.
Keywords
CovarianceSample size determinationStatisticsAnalysis of covarianceStatistical powerStatistical analysisSample (material)MathematicsPower (physics)EconometricsPhysicsChromatographyChemistry
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Robert C. MacCallum,
Michael W. Browne,
Hazuki M. Sugawara
(1996).
Power analysis and determination of sample size for covariance structure modeling..
Psychological Methods
, 1
(2)
, 130-149.
https://doi.org/10.1037/1082-989x.1.2.130
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- 10.1037/1082-989x.1.2.130