"When evaluating a model, at least two broad standards are relevant. One is whether the model is consistent with the data. The other is whether the model is consistent with the 'real world.'"

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Source : Kenneth A. Bollen (2014). “Structural Equations with Latent Variables”, p.70, John Wiley & Sons

Kenneth A. Bollen

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“In February I secured permission to enter Osama bin Laden's compound in the northern Pakistani city of Abbottabad, where he was killed and where he had lived for the last half-decade of his life; the first, and only, journalist to do so.”

Source : "A visit to Osama bin Laden's lair" by Peter Bergen, www.cnn.com. May 3, 2012.
“Everything our civilization has produced is entombed.”
“Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete; the other side just comes with the package.”

Source : "Big interview: Paula Radcliffe". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2004.
“I think, though, the biggest heroes in my life would have been both my mother and father. My father because he was very brave and a kid from the Depression. And my mother, a child from the Depression too, who always remained so lovely her whole life.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I did a radio interview for a station in Connecticut or something, and it was the worst interview ever. It was all yes and no answers.”
“I heard 'Get Lucky'; it's just not my taste. It's great what Daft Punk does and the sound quality is great, but that whole disco vibe is not really my thing.”
“Fashion is like a fruit, you couldn't eat it a day before and you can't eat it a day after; it's just about today”
“A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained. It requires some training, perhaps, to accomplish this economy, but when once used to it, you will find there is more satisfaction in rational saving than in irrational spending.”

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