Title
Effect of outliers on the GFI quality adjustment index in structural equation model and proposal of alternative indices
Abstract
This work is intended to suggest modifications in the construction of the GFI index using robust methods for estimating the unrestricted sample covariance matrix, leading to new indices called GFI((MCD)) and GFI((MVE)). The validation of this proposal was made using Monte Carlo simulation methods, considering differences between the unrestricted sample covariance matrix and those imposed by the structural model, and different numbers of outliers generated by distributions with deviations from symmetry and excess kurtosis. It was concluded that for larger samples size (n >= 100), given that the outliers are from distributions that are symmetrical, the GFI((MCD)) and GFI((MVE)) present similar results, including samples with high percentages of outliers.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1080/03610918.2015.1018998
COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-SIMULATION AND COMPUTATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
Kurtosis,Robust methods,Simulation,Structural equation model
Econometrics,Monte Carlo method,Structural equation modeling,Sample mean and sample covariance,Outlier,Statistics,Kurtosis,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
46
3
0361-0918
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
marcelo ângelo cirillo141.55
lucia pereira barroso200.34