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PGFI, parsimony goodness-of-fit index, 615
Plot window
display best-fit graphs,
339
scree plot, 340
PNFI, parsimonious normed fit index, 613
point of diminishing returns, 332, 339, 342
population discrepancy
measure of model adequacy,
602
posterior
distribution,
385
mean, 386
standard deviation, 386
posterior predictive distribution, 481, 506, 535, 551,
572
for a latent variable, 511
PRATIO, parsimony ratio, 599
predictive distribution. See posterior predictive dis-
tribution
predictor variables,
36
prior distribution, 385, 387, 409
of group proportions, 575
probability, 30
random number seed, 392
random variables, 35
recoding data, 477, 492, 512
recursive model, 76
regression imputation, 461
regression model, 9, 14, 478
regression weights
fix,
70
making optional, 351
unidentified, 73
Reposition
pd method for drawing path diagrams,
582
request modification indices, 149
rescaled measures, 627
reshape an object, 15
RFI, relative fit index, 610
RMR, root mean square residual, 616
RMSEA, root mean square error of approximation,
603
RNI, relative noncentrality index, 612
rotate indicators, 88
saturated model, 73, 272, 275, 306, 597
scatterplot
adjusting line of constant fit,
335
adjusting line representing C - df, 337
line representing C - df, 336
line representing constant fit, 335
of fit and complexity, 333
other lines representing constant fit, 338
scree plot, 342
for C, 340
seed, random number, 392
Semnet, 5
SetDataFile
pd method,
588
simple model, 598
simultaneous analysis of several groups, 159
simultaneous equations model, 175
simultaneous factor analysis, 195
SLS, scale-free least squares, 595
space vertically, 190
specification search, 319–348
Akaike weights, 327
CAIC, 622
CFI, 621
comparing models using Bayes factor, 329
comparing models using BCC, 326
comparing models using BIC, 328
confirmatory, 320
exploratory factor analysis, 344, 349
generated models, 324
heuristic, 349, 358
increasing speed of, 323
limiting models retained, 322
number of parameters to use, 332
optional arrows, 345
parameter estimates, 325
performing, 323
point of diminishing returns, 332
program options, 322
required arrows, 321
resetting defaults, 322, 345