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Top 22 common errors and 8 new guidelines for SEM 

Common error (issue) 19: Using modification indices (MI) to change CFA/SEM models

Ans: Avoid indices-based ex-post CFA/SEM modifications (especially do not correlate item disturbances). Modification indices can be used to locate potential misspecifications to provide ideas for how to improve the model in future research.

Reference

Jesper N. Wulff, Gwendolin B. Sajons, Ganna Pogrebna, Sirio Lonati, Nicolas Bastardoz, George C. Banks, John Antonakis, (2023) Common methodological mistakes, The Leadership Quarterly , DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2023.101677