[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rodney Carr) writes:
> The problem I am having is that I'm not sure what estimating method
> to use. EQS implements a number of different methods (Maximum
> Likelihood, Least Squares, GLS, etc). Unfortunately they give quite
> different results. Actually, LS gives fit indices that are fairly
> high, but none of the others do (so I'd like to use the LS method!).
> But I can't find any references that explain which method should be
> used. Please, do you have any ideas for where I might look for
> advice?
Hi Rodney, try the following sources:
SEMNET forum at http://www.gsu.edu/~mkteer/semnet.html (they feature an
archive of previous discussions which is quite helpful)
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