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Using Fit Statistic Differences to Determine the Optimal Number of Factors to Retain in an Exploratory Factor Analysis by Finch, W. Holmes

“…Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is widely used by researchers in the social sciences to characterize the latent structure underlying a set of observed…”
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Mortality in Healthy Men and Women by Imboden, Mary T., Harber, Matthew P., Whaley, Mitchell H., Finch, W. Holmes, Bishop, Derron L., Kaminsky, Leonard A.

“…There is a well-established inverse relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and mortality. However, this relationship has almost exclusively been…”
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Dominance Analysis for Latent Variable Models: A Comparison of Methods With Categorical Indicators and Misspecified Models by Finch, W. Holmes

“…Dominance analysis (DA) is a very useful tool for ordering independent variables in a regression model based on their relative importance in explaining…”
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The Impact and Detection of Uniform Differential Item Functioning for Continuous Item Response Models by Finch, W. Holmes

“…Psychometricians have devoted much research and attention to categorical item responses, leading to the development and widespread use of item response theory…”
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Poverty and Covid-19: Rates of Incidence and Deaths in the United States During the First 10 Weeks of the Pandemic by Finch, W Holmes, Hernández Finch, Maria E

“…The Covid-19 pandemic in the winter and spring of 2020 represents a major challenge to the world health care system that has not been seen perhaps since the…”
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Conducting Confirmatory Latent Class Analysis Using Mplus by Finch, W. Holmes, Bronk, Kendall Cotton

“…Latent class analysis (LCA) is an increasingly popular tool that researchers can use to identify latent groups in the population underlying a sample of…”
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Multivariate analysis of variance for multilevel data: a simulation study comparing methods by Finch, W. Holmes

“…Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) is widely used to test the null hypothesis of equal multivariate means across 2 or more groups. MANOVA rests upon an…”
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Role of boundary conditions in determining cell alignment in response to stretch by Chen, Kellen, Vigliotti, Andrea, Bacca, Mattia, McMeeking, Robert M., Deshpande, Vikram S., Holmes, Jeffrey W.

“…The ability of cells to orient in response to mechanical stimuli is essential to embryonic development, cell migration, mechanotransduction, and other critical…”
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Comparison of Methods for Addressing Outliers in Exploratory Factor Analysis and Impact on Accuracy of Determining the Number of Factors by Finch, W. Holmes

“…Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is a very common tool used in the social sciences to identify the underlying latent structure for a set of observed…”
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Reference standards for lean mass measures using GE dual energy x-ray absorptiometry in Caucasian adults by Imboden, Mary T, Swartz, Ann M, Finch, Holmes W, Harber, Matthew P, Kaminsky, Leonard A

“…To develop reference values by age and sex for LM measures using GE-Healthcare DXA systems. A de-identified sample was obtained from Ball State University's…”
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Prediction With Mixed Effects Models: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study by Mangino, Anthony A., Finch, W. Holmes

“…Oftentimes in many fields of the social and natural sciences, data are obtained within a nested structure (e.g., students within schools). To effectively…”
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Guidelines for experimental models of myocardial ischemia and infarction by Lindsey, Merry L, Bolli, Roberto, Canty, Jr, John M, Du, Xiao-Jun, Frangogiannis, Nikolaos G, Frantz, Stefan, Gourdie, Robert G, Holmes, Jeffrey W, Jones, Steven P, Kloner, Robert A, Lefer, David J, Liao, Ronglih, Murphy, Elizabeth, Ping, Peipei, Przyklenk, Karin, Recchia, Fabio A, Schwartz Longacre, Lisa, Ripplinger, Crystal M, Van Eyk, Jennifer E, Heusch, Gerd

“…Myocardial infarction is a prevalent major cardiovascular event that arises from myocardial ischemia with or without reperfusion, and basic and translational…”
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A Comparison of Regularized Maximum-Likelihood, Regularized 2-Stage Least Squares, and Maximum-Likelihood Estimation with Misspecified Models, Small Samples, and Weak Factor Structure by Finch, W. Holmes, Miller, J. E.

“…Several structural equation modeling estimation methods have recently been developed to alleviate problems associated with model misspecification. Two of the…”
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Revealing Nuanced Relationships Among Cognitive Test Anxiety, Motivation, and Self-Regulation Through Curvilinear Analyses by Cassady, Jerrell C., Finch, W. Holmes

“…Student motivational profiles and self-regulated learning strategies are significant influences on overall academic success in university settings. Test…”
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Performance of the Grade of Membership Model Under a Variety of Sample Sizes, Group Size Ratios, and Differential Group Response Probabilities for Dichotomous Indicators by Holmes Finch, W.

“…Social scientists are frequently interested in identifying latent subgroups within the population, based on a set of observed variables. One of the more common…”
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Natural history collections as windows on evolutionary processes by Holmes, Michael W, Hammond, Talisin T, Wogan, Guinevere O. U, Walsh, Rachel E, LaBarbera, Katie, Wommack, Elizabeth A, Martins, Felipe M, Crawford, Jeremy C, Mack, Katya L, Bloch, Luke M, Nachman, Michael W

“…Natural history collections provide an immense record of biodiversity on Earth. These repositories have traditionally been used to address fundamental…”
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Skeletal muscle size, function, and adiposity with lifelong aerobic exercise by Chambers, Toby L, Burnett, Timothy R, Raue, Ulrika, Lee, Gary A, Finch, W Holmes, Graham, Bruce M, Trappe, Todd A, Trappe, Scott

“…We examined the influence of lifelong aerobic exercise on skeletal muscle size, function, and adiposity. Young exercisers [YE; = 20, 10 women (W), 25 ± 1 yr],…”
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Muscle group-specific skeletal muscle aging: a 5-yr longitudinal study in septuagenarians by Naruse, Masatoshi, Fountain, William A, Claiborne, Alex, Finch, W Holmes, Trappe, Scott, Trappe, Todd A

“…There is some evidence that the age-associated change in skeletal muscle mass is muscle specific, yet the number of specific muscles that have been studied to…”
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Reference standards for body fat measures using GE dual energy x-ray absorptiometry in Caucasian adults by Imboden, Mary T, Welch, Whitney A, Swartz, Ann M, Montoye, Alexander H K, Finch, Holmes W, Harber, Matthew P, Kaminsky, Leonard A

“…Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is an established technique for the measurement of body composition. Reference values for these variables, particularly…”
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A Simulation Investigation of the Performance of Invariance Assessment Using Equivalence Testing Procedures by Finch, W. Holmes, French, Brian F.

“…Factorial invariance assessment is central in the development of educational and psychological assessments. Establishing invariance of factor structures is key…”
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