… McDonald, RP (1978b). A simple comprehensive model for … McDonald, RP (1983b). Linear
versus nonlinear models in … McDonald, RP (in press). Unidimensional and multidimensional …

… McDonald's measure of centrality is recommended as an absolute goodness-of-fit index (as
opposed to indices that are relative to a null or other alternative model), which by its form is …

In confirmatory factor analysis, hypothesized models reflect approximations to reality so that
any model can be rejected if the sample size is large enough. The appropriate question is …

This book introduces the reader to the main quantitative concepts, methods, and computational
techniques needed for the development, evaluation, and application of tests in the …

… and S�rbom, 1996), the four-matrix model of Lohmoller (1981), the three-matrix EQS model
of Bentler and Weeks (1980), and the two-matrix RAM model (see McArdle & McDonald, …

It is shown that PFA, CFA and AFA are particular cases of a scale‐invariant factoring
procedure based on variance ratios of certain weighted combinations of variables. Standard …

… McDonald (19794 therefore recommends that we refer to these as the strong principle of
local independence and the weak principle of local independence. This weakening of the …

… variables, McDonald's discussion … McDonald, RP Descriptive axioms for common factor
theory, image theory and component theory. Psychometrika, 1975, 40, 137-152. McDonald, RP …

… McDonald (1985b) noted that a natural explication of a construct validity coefficient is given
by the correlation between a test score and the common factor of its items. He also noted that …

… It will come as no surprise when we see below that the method based on McDonald's (1967)
harmonic analysis of the normal ogive in terms of Hermite-Tchebycheff polynomials and of …