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 Thomas Klausch posted on Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 5:51 am
Dear Linda, Bengt,

Sometimes I encounter the finding that the more constrained model has lower Chi-square than a less constrained model. (How) Is this possible?

For example:
Model 0: df=28, Chi=142
Model 1: df=26, Chi=144

How should I interpret the adj. Chi-square difference (difftest) test in this case? It gives a positive chi-square (about 8, df=2).

Thanks - Thomas
 Linda K. Muthen posted on Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 9:59 am
What estimator are you using?
 Thomas Klausch posted on Friday, July 13, 2012 - 6:44 am
I am using WLSMV in a categorical factor analysis model.
 Linda K. Muthen posted on Friday, July 13, 2012 - 4:43 pm
The chi-square values cannot be compared with WLSMV. This is why DIFFTEST is required for difference testing. You should be looking at only the p-values.
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