The rheology of fresh concrete: Results of an international comparison of instruments

2002/01/01 by Kristian E. Markon, Phillip Frank Gower Banfill, Peter Domone · 1 voice · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Psychology · #Cognitive Abilities and Testing #Genetic Associations and Epidemiology #Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials #Mental Health Research Topics

paper · doi:10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050718-095522

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Abstract

Bifactor and other hierarchical models have become central to representing and explaining observations in psychopathology, health, and other areas of clinical science, as well as in the behavioral sciences more broadly. This prominence comes after a relatively rapid period of rediscovery, however, and certain features remain poorly understood. Here, hierarchical models are compared and contrasted with other models of superordinate structure, with a focus on implications for model comparisons and interpretation. Issues pertaining to the specification and estimation of bifactor and other hierarchical models are reviewed in exploratory as well as confirmatory modeling scenarios, as are emerging findings about model fit and selection. Bifactor and other hierarchical models provide a powerful mechanism for parsing shared and unique components of variance, but care is required in specifying and making inferences about them.

Citations

• Bifactor Models and Rotations: Exploring the Extent to Which Multidimensional Data Yield Univocal Scale Scores
• On the Relationship between the Higher-Order Factor Model and the Hierarchical Factor Model
• The Bi-Factor Method
• The Rediscovery of Bifactor Measurement Models
• The Proof and Measurement of Association between Two Things
• Is there a general factor of prevalent psychopathology during adulthood?
• "General Intelligence," Objectively Determined and Measured
• Direct Schmid–Leiman Transformations and Rank-Deficient Loadings Matrices

Cited by

• Appropriate Use of Bifactor Analysis in Psychopathology Research: Appreciating Benefits and Limitations
• Problems of Domain Factors with Small Factor Loadings in Bi-Factor Models
• Testing Criterion Validity in Hierarchical Models of Psychopathology: Comparison of Latent-Variable and Factor-Score Approaches

Discussions

• 3/ Markon discusses several general topics and also reports on the problematic use of domain-factor correlations in symmetrical models: doi.org/10.1146/annu... [bsky, 0 points, 2 comments]