An Empirical Evaluation of the Use of Fixed Cutoff Points in RMSEA Test Statistic in Structural Equation Models

By Feinian Chen, P. Curran, Kenneth A. Bollen, James B. Kirby, Pamela Paxton. Sociological Methods & Research, 2008

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Subfields: Computer Networks and Communications, Management Science and Operations Research

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Health-specific leadership: Is there an association between leader consideration for the health of employees and their strain and well-being? (2011, neutral): “90 are interpreted as good (Bentler, 2007 ; Chen, Curran, Bollen, Kirby, & Paxton, 2008 ; Fan & Sivo, 2007 ).”
Small-Sample Robust Estimators of Noncentrality-Based and Incremental Model Fit (2009, neutral): “" Rules of thumb, however, are always subject to criticism and should be interpreted with caution and tolerance (e.g., Chen et al., 2008; Marsh, Hau, & Wen, 2004).”
Stimulating and sustaining interest in a language course: An experimental comparison of Chatbot and Human task partners (2017, neutral): “Building on Feinian, Curran, Bollen, Kirby, and Paxton (2008), Kenny, Kaniskan, and McCoach (2015) have demonstrated that RMSEA is not a useful ﬁ t statistic for small sample SEM analyses.”
Assessing Goodness of Fit: Simple Rules of Thumb Simply Do Not Work (2011, background): “Therefore, it appears that appropriate cutoff values will depend on a range of data conditions (Chen et al., 2008) and that these variables must be taken into account before evaluating model fit.”
Applications of structural equation modeling (SEM) in ecological studies: an updated review (2016, methodology): “Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) and standardized root mean square residual (SRMR): RMSEA is a “badness of fit” index where 0 indicates the perfect fit and higher values indicate the lack of fit (Brown and Cudeck 1993; Hu and Bentler 1999; Chen et al. 2008).”
Diabolical dictators or capable commanders? An investigation of the differential effects of autocratic leadership on team performance (2015, methodology): “08, given that the index is dependent on the sample size and the other goodness-of-fit measures are within acceptable ranges, we followed recommendations not to rely only on one fit measure and considered the fit of themeasurementmodel as acceptable (Barrett, 2007; Chen et al., 2008; Hu & Bentler, 1”