CFA & SEM: Non-Normality Correction in Mplus

QuantFish instructor Dr. Christian Geiser shows how to apply the Satorra-Bentler and other corrections for non-normal data when estimating CFA & SEM in Mplus.
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Excellent, as always. I would add that when the Scaling Correction Factor (SCF) is equal to 1.0 then the data are multivariate normal. I use the MLM estimator by default and in my 25+ year career none of my data collected via self-report have ever been multivariate normal. In a recent project the SCF was > 1.3

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Dear Brian,
Thanks for the addition! Yes, you will rarely find multivariate normal data in self-report questionnaire data, so using a non-normality correction by default is probably a good idea.
Best, Christian Geiser