TY - JOUR
T1 - Analytical power calculations for structural equation modeling: A tutorial and Shiny app
AU - Jak, S.
AU - Jorgensen, T.D.
AU - Verdam, M.G.E.
AU - Oort, F.J.
AU - Elffers, L.
N1 - With supplementary files
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - Conducting a power analysis can be challenging for researchers who plan to analyze their data using structural equation models (SEMs), particularly when Monte Carlo methods are used to obtain power. In this tutorial, we explain how power calculations without Monte Carlo methods for the χ2 test and the RMSEA tests of (not-)close fit can be conducted using the Shiny app "power4SEM". power4SEM facilitates power calculations for SEM using two methods that are not computationally intensive and that focus on model fit instead of the statistical significance of (functions of) parameters. These are the method proposed by Satorra and Saris (Psychometrika 50(1), 83-90, 1985) for power calculations of the likelihood ratio test, and that described by MacCallum, Browne, and Sugawara (Psychol Methods 1(2) 130-149, 1996) for RMSEA-based power calculations. We illustrate the use of power4SEM with examples of power analyses for path models, factor models, and a latent growth model.
AB - Conducting a power analysis can be challenging for researchers who plan to analyze their data using structural equation models (SEMs), particularly when Monte Carlo methods are used to obtain power. In this tutorial, we explain how power calculations without Monte Carlo methods for the χ2 test and the RMSEA tests of (not-)close fit can be conducted using the Shiny app "power4SEM". power4SEM facilitates power calculations for SEM using two methods that are not computationally intensive and that focus on model fit instead of the statistical significance of (functions of) parameters. These are the method proposed by Satorra and Saris (Psychometrika 50(1), 83-90, 1985) for power calculations of the likelihood ratio test, and that described by MacCallum, Browne, and Sugawara (Psychol Methods 1(2) 130-149, 1996) for RMSEA-based power calculations. We illustrate the use of power4SEM with examples of power analyses for path models, factor models, and a latent growth model.
KW - Likelihood ratio test
KW - Power analysis
KW - Root mean square error of approximation
KW - Sample size planning
KW - Structural equation modeling
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33140375
U2 - https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01479-0
DO - https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01479-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 33140375
SN - 1554-351X
VL - 53
SP - 1385
EP - 1406
JO - Behavior research methods
JF - Behavior research methods
IS - 4
ER -