Proper way to report findings PreviousNext
Mplus Discussion > Structural Equation Modeling >
Message/Author
 Anonymous posted on Friday, May 20, 2005 - 2:53 pm
I know this is a really basic question. The column that is labeled EST/S.E. - I have sometimes reported this as a Critical Ratio, more recently as a t, and now I have a statistical editor suggesting that this be reported as a Z. What is the preferred terminology? Thank you!
 Linda K. Muthen posted on Friday, May 20, 2005 - 5:07 pm
People quibble over this. I think reporting it as a z score is acceptable.
 Anonymous posted on Friday, May 20, 2005 - 7:36 pm
Z's it is - thank you!
 Yan Li posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 1:17 pm
To examine the significance of the parameters, I wonder which table I should look at (one-tailed vs. two-tailed). I am wondering whether we should look at the one-tailed z table since we know the direction of the z value(i.e., positive or negative). For example: z=1.645 for p=.05 in the one-tailed table.

Thank you!
 Linda K. Muthen posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 6:18 pm
Your hypotheses would tell you whether you should use a one- or two-tailed test.
Back to top
Add Your Message Here
Post:
Username: Posting Information:
This is a private posting area. Only registered users and moderators may post messages here.
Password:
Options: Enable HTML code in message
Automatically activate URLs in message
Action: