Abstract

This note serves as a reminder that incremental fit indices are a form of standardized effect sizes and hence, all reservations with respect to interpretations of standardized effect sizes also transfer to their interpretation. Such a realization has major implications for the interpretation and use of incremental fit indices, for the theoretical (im)possibility of default universal rules of thumb in their application, and for simulation studies mapping incremental fit indices as if their value is comparable in an absolute sense across any and all conditions. A small but illustrative working example centered around the alleged impact of model type will drive these points home.

摘要

本说明提醒您，增量拟合指数是标准化效应量的一种形式，因此，对标准化效应量解释的所有保留意见也适用于它们的解释。这种实现对增量拟合指数的解释和使用、默认通用经验法则在其应用中的理论（不）可能性以及映射增量拟合指数的模拟研究具有重大意义，就好像它们的值在绝对值中具有可比性一样在任何和所有条件下都能感觉到。一个以模型类型的所谓影响为中心的小但说明性的工作示例将把这些要点带回家。