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The Ethical Use of Fit Indices in Structural Equation Modeling: Recommendations for Psychologists
Fit indices provide helpful information for researchers to assess the fit of their structural equation models to their data. However, like many statistics and methods, researchers can misuse fit indices, which suggest the potential for questionable research practices that might arise during the anal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8650002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34887821 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.783226 |
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description | Fit indices provide helpful information for researchers to assess the fit of their structural equation models to their data. However, like many statistics and methods, researchers can misuse fit indices, which suggest the potential for questionable research practices that might arise during the analytic and interpretative processes. In the current paper, the author highlights two critical ethical dilemmas regarding the use of fit indices, which are (1) the selective reporting of fit indices and (2) using fit indices to justify poorly-fitting models. The author highlights the dilemmas and provides potential solutions for researchers and journals to follow to reduce these questionable research practices. |
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spelling | pubmed-86500022021-12-08 The Ethical Use of Fit Indices in Structural Equation Modeling: Recommendations for Psychologists Stone, Bryant M. Front Psychol Psychology Fit indices provide helpful information for researchers to assess the fit of their structural equation models to their data. However, like many statistics and methods, researchers can misuse fit indices, which suggest the potential for questionable research practices that might arise during the analytic and interpretative processes. In the current paper, the author highlights two critical ethical dilemmas regarding the use of fit indices, which are (1) the selective reporting of fit indices and (2) using fit indices to justify poorly-fitting models. The author highlights the dilemmas and provides potential solutions for researchers and journals to follow to reduce these questionable research practices. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8650002/ /pubmed/34887821 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.783226 Text en Copyright © 2021 Stone. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Stone, Bryant M. The Ethical Use of Fit Indices in Structural Equation Modeling: Recommendations for Psychologists |
title | The Ethical Use of Fit Indices in Structural Equation Modeling: Recommendations for Psychologists |
title_full | The Ethical Use of Fit Indices in Structural Equation Modeling: Recommendations for Psychologists |
title_fullStr | The Ethical Use of Fit Indices in Structural Equation Modeling: Recommendations for Psychologists |
title_full_unstemmed | The Ethical Use of Fit Indices in Structural Equation Modeling: Recommendations for Psychologists |
title_short | The Ethical Use of Fit Indices in Structural Equation Modeling: Recommendations for Psychologists |
title_sort | ethical use of fit indices in structural equation modeling: recommendations for psychologists |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8650002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34887821 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.783226 |
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