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Table 1 Maximum likelihood estimates for the Browne et al [1] two-factor, and the progressive impact, models

From: Structural equation model testing and the quality of natural killer cell activity measurements

 

Browne et al.[1] Model ++

 

Progress ive Impact Model

 

NK Activity Factor

IFN Activity Factor

Indicator R2+++

 

NK Activity Factor

IFN Activity Factor

NK Progressive Factor

IFN Progressive Factor

Indicator R2

Proportion of indicator variance explained by NK Activity Factor

Proportion of indicator variance explained by IFN Activity Factor

NK100

.842

.003

.709

 

.705**

--

-80.1**

--

.958

.50

--

NK50

.936

-.005

.876

 

.851**

--

-50.0+

--

.918

.72

--

NK25

.943

.015

.892

 

.920**

--

-25.0+

--

.874

.85

--

NK12

.964

-.013

.927

 

.922**

--

-12.5+

--

.995

.98

--

IFN50

.030

.942

.893

 

--

.897**

--

-50.0+

.972

--

.80

IFN25

-.019

.996

.988

 

--

.977**

--

-25.0+

.996

--

.95

IFN12

.005

.995

.990

 

--

.988**

--

-12.5+

.988

--

.98

IFN6

-.018

.991

.977

 

--

.944**

--

-6.25+

.990

--

.99

Factor Variance

1.0+

1.0+

  

1.0+

1.0+

.000069§**

.000069§**

   
  1. + a fixed coefficient
  2. * beyond 2 standard errors
  3. ** beyond 3 standard errors
  4. § constrained to be equal
  5. ++ Identifying Browne et al's [1] exploratory two-factor model requires excluding one indicator from loading on each factor. Repeated emails to both Browne and MacCallum were unable to elicit a statement of precisely which two loadings had been set to zero. There are 16 different ways of excluding one IFN indicator from loading on the NK activity factor and simultaneously excluding one NK indicator from the INF activity factor (see dashed loadings in Figure 1). The loadings in column 1 and 2 are the average of the estimated loadings calculated across these 16 exclusion possibilities. Each of the 16 models provided a χ2 = 103.8, df = 13, p = 0.000, with the slight difference from the reported fit being easily attributed to the three figure accuracy of the correlations published in Browne et al.[1].
  6. +++ These values are for the version of the Browne et al. [1] model that excludes the effects leading from the NK latent to IFN6 and from the IFN latent to NK100 for identification of the model.