Structural equation models are modelling tools with many ambiguities: Comments acknowledging the need for caution and humility in their use

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Perceived autonomy support and autonomous motivation toward mathematics activities in educational and out-of-school contexts is related to mathematics homework behavior and attainment (2015, methodology): “Finally, although we conducted a prospective analysis using data from multiple time points, current findings are correlational and, therefore, carry with them difficulties with regard to inference of causality (Bagozzi, 2010).”
Servant leadership and ethics: a dyadic examination of supervisor behaviors and salesperson perceptions (2015, background): “Bagozzi (2010) suggests that ML estimation is relatively ‘robust to departures from normality’ and can produce meaningful results with samples as low as 100.”
Construct Measurement and Validation Procedures in MIS and Behavioral Research: Integrating New and Existing Techniques (2011, background): “…and a concrete, observed measurement hypothesized to measure the concept; the relationship is part logical, part empirical, and part theoretical (conceptual), with the inferred factor loading representing, in and of itself, only part of empirical meaning of the relationship (Bagozzi 2010, p. 210).”