List of abbreviations

Abbreviation Full name
CFA confirmatory factor analysis
CFI comparative fit index
CI confidence interval
FIML full information maximum likelihood
GLS generalized least squares
LBCI likelihood-based confidence interval
LL log likelihood
LR likelihood ratio
MASEM meta-analytic structural equation modeling
ML maximum likelihood
NNFI non-normed fit index
OR odds ratio
OLS ordinary least squares
RAM reticular action model
REML restricted (or residual) maximum likelihood estimation
RMD raw mean difference
RMSEA root mean square error of approximation
SE standard error
SEM structural equation modeling
SMD standardized mean difference
SRMS standardized root mean square residual
TLI Tucker–Lewis index
TSSEM two-stage structural equation modeling
UMM unweighted method of moments
WLS weighted least squares
WMM weighted method of moments

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