Structural Equation Modeling: Strengths, Limitations, and Misconceptions

Tomarken, Andrew J.; Waller, Niels G.

doi:10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.1.102803.144239

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“…This technique makes it possible to estimate global fit indices for complex mediation models in which several (mediator) variables are simultaneously used (Tomarken and Waller 2005). The model fit summary is presented in Fig.…”

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Connecting the dots: social network structure, conflict, and group cognitive complexity

2011

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The current paper combines arguments from the social capital and group cognition literature to explain two different processes through which communication network structures and intra group conflict influence groups' cognitive complexity (GCC). We test in a sample of 44 groups the mediating role of intra group conflict in the relationship between communication network density and fragmentation on the one hand and groups' cognitive complexity on the other hand. The results show that network fragmentation has a positive effect on GCC by fostering task conflict, while network density has a positive impact on GCC by reducing relationship conflict in student groups. The paper makes an important contribution to both theory and practice in the field of collaborative learning, by exploring how groups' affective and a cognitive dynamics impact on emergent collective cognitive structures.

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Connecting the dots: social network structure, conflict, and group cognitive complexity

2011

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“…In other words, correlation coefficients include all of the effects of variables that affect the dependent variable. For this reason, it is not possible to explain all of the relations between two variables by only using the correlational method (Bentler & Chou, 1987;Keith, 1993;Moore, 1995;MacCallum & Austin, 2001;Brandon, 2002;Martens, 2005;Tomarken & Waller, 2005;Chan et al, 2007). In addition this, we have to say that regression analysis also shows direct relations as predicted between two variables.…”

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A Path Analysis Study of School Culture and Teachers' Organisational Commitment

Karadağ

Baloğlu

Çakir

2011

Policy Futures in Education

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In this study, the direct and indirect relations between school culture and the organisational commitment of primary school teachers were analyzed. The subjects of the research consisted of primary school teachers who worked at a district in Istanbul in the academic year 2007-2008. The sampling group was defined by the cluster sampling method. In total 200 teachers participated. Two scales were used to collect data, the organisational commitment scale (OCS) and the school culture scale (SCS). Linear regression and path analysis were used to explain the influence of school culture on organisational commitment, and LİSREL 7 was used as a structural equation model. The findings indicated that although there was a positive correlation between school culture and organisational commitment, the direct effect of school culture on organisational commitment was not meaningful.

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“…Because the strategy weight indicates only how much participants relied on an exemplar-based strategy or a rule-based strategy, participants classified as following a baseline model in the linear or the multiplicative task were coded as missing on that variable. To avoid excluding all their data, we used a full information maximum likelihood approach to estimate the structural model (Tomarken & Waller, 2005).…”

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Pillars of judgment: How memory abilities affect performance in rule-based and exemplar-based judgments.

Hoffmann

Helversen

Rieskamp

2014

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

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Making accurate judgments is an essential skill in everyday life. Although how different memory abilities relate to categorization and judgment processes has been hotly debated, the question is far from resolved. We contribute to the solution by investigating how individual differences in memory abilities affect judgment performance in 2 tasks that induced rule-based or exemplar-based judgment strategies. In a study with 279 participants, we investigated how working memory and episodic memory affect judgment accuracy and strategy use. As predicted, participants switched strategies between tasks. Furthermore, structural equation modeling showed that the ability to solve rule-based tasks was predicted by working memory, whereas episodic memory predicted judgment accuracy in the exemplar-based task. Last, the probability of choosing an exemplar-based strategy was related to better episodic memory, but strategy selection was unrelated to working memory capacity. In sum, our results suggest that different memory abilities are essential for successfully adopting different judgment strategies.

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Structural Equation Modeling: Strengths, Limitations, and Misconceptions

Cited by 671 publications

References 224 publications

Connecting the dots: social network structure, conflict, and group cognitive complexity

Connecting the dots: social network structure, conflict, and group cognitive complexity

A Path Analysis Study of School Culture and Teachers' Organisational Commitment

Pillars of judgment: How memory abilities affect performance in rule-based and exemplar-based judgments.

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