In search of diamond rules: Monte Carlo evaluations of goodness of fit indices.

Wang, Chang.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-145).Abstracts in English and Chinese.ABSTRACT --- p.3CHINESE ABSTRACT --- p.5ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.6TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.7LIST OF TABLES --- p.9LIST OF FIGURES --- p.10INTRODUCTION --- p.11Chapter 1.1 --- ISSUE OF MODEL FIT IN SEM --- p.11Chapter 1.2 --- CLASSIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF FIT INDICES --- p.13Chapter 1.3 --- ORGANIZATION OF THIS THESIS --- p.18Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- ISSUES OF FIT INDICES IN ASSESSING MODEL FIT --- p.19Chapter 2.1 --- SENSITIVITY OF FIS TO MODL PARAMETER --- p.19Chapter 2.1.1 --- Sample size --- p.20Chapter 2.1.2 --- Model complexity --- p.21Chapter 2.1.3 --- Misspecification --- p.23Chapter 2.2 --- MEASUREMENT ERROR --- p.26Chapter 2.3 --- PERFECT FIT VS. APPROXIMATE FIT --- p.26Chapter 2.4 --- Minimum Fit Function chi-square vs. Normal-theory Weighted Least chi-square --- p.29Chapter 2.5 --- RULE OF THUMB --- p.30Chapter 2.6 --- FIVE RESEARCH QUESTIONS --- p.37Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- SIMULATION --- p.39Chapter 3.1 --- FIT INDICES --- p.39Chapter 3.2 --- DESIGN OF MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS --- p.38Chapter 3.3 --- MODEL COMPLEXITY AND MODEL SPECIFICATION --- p.39Chapter 3.4 --- SIMULATION PROCEDURE --- p.41Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- RESULTS --- p.45Chapter 4.1 --- MEASUREMENT ERROR AND CRONBACH´ةS ALPHA --- p.45Chapter 4.2 --- ANSWER TO Q1 --- p.45Chapter 4.3 --- ANSWER TO Q2 --- p.53Chapter 4.4 --- ANSWER TO Q3 --- p.56Chapter 4.5 --- ANSWER TO Q4 --- p.60Chapter 4.6 --- ANSWER TO Q5 --- p.62Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- DUSCUSSION --- p.77Chapter 5.1 --- DUSCUSSION TO Q1 --- p.77Chapter 5.2 --- DUSCUSSION TO Q2 --- p.83Chapter 5.3 --- DUSCUSSION TO Q3 --- p.85Chapter 5.4 --- DUSCUSSION TO Q4 --- p.88Chapter 5.5 --- DUSCUSSION TO Q5 --- p.89Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- LIMITATION --- p.99Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- CONCLUSION --- p.101PREFERENCE --- p.13