School innovativeness has become a crucial criterion for the long-term success of education
systems in terms of their adaptability to societal changes. We examined the relations among …

Daniel McNeish Andrea Savord one of the strengths of SEM is the ability to test mod-els that
represent a complex set of theoretical hypotheses. The set of hypothesized relationships is …

In this paper, we report on teachers' and principals' shared perceptions regarding beliefs,
rules, trust, and encouragement of new initiatives. Collectively, these are aspects of …

This study investigates how local culture sharing and altruistic values from the elderly affect
satisfaction levels with travel and life satisfaction via tourism product selection. Stratified …

Banking is a dominant player among the service providers in India. Interpersonal skills play
a vital role in the banking industry, as intangible variables are influenced by communication …

A Monte Carlo study was conducted to compare the performance of a level-specific (LS) fit
evaluation with that of a simultaneous (SI) fit evaluation in multilevel confirmatory factor …

This study applies equivalence testing methods on a representative sample of published
empirical structural equation modeling studies in the psychological sciences and assesses …

Statistical mediation analysis is used to investigate mechanisms through which a
randomized intervention causally affects an outcome variable. Mediation analysis is often …

Decades of published methodological research have shown the chi-square test of model fit
performs inconsistently and unreliably as a determinant of structural equation model (SEM) …

A necessary step in applying bi-factor models is to evaluate the need for domain factors with
a general factor in place. The conventional null hypothesis testing (NHT) was commonly …