The extended REM was robust to several alternative modeling specifications proposed by Sorjonen et al.¶

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q2 i? The extended REM provided the most probable approximation of the data structure and remained robust when tested against several alternative modeling specifications. → Fernando Núñez-Regueiro 2025

Evidence¶

Fernando Núñez-Regueiro 2025¶

Fernando Núñez-Regueiro, Herbert W Marsh, Reinhard Pekrun, Oliver Lüdtke, Jiesi Guo. (2025). The Reciprocal Effects Model is Robust to Alternative Modeling Specifications: A Response to Sorjonen et al., 2025. Educational Psychology Review, 37 (3), pp.79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10059-7

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In the reanalysis of the simulated and PALMA data, the article reports that "The extended REM provided the most probable approximation of the data structure and was robust to several alternative modeling specifications." The comparison is the authors' model-comparison result across the alternative specifications proposed in the commentary.

"The extended REM provided the most probable approximation of the data structure and was robust to several alternative modeling specifications."

Discussion¶

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