Roderick P. McDonald

26.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
114 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

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Roderick P. McDonald is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Statistics and Probability and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Roderick P. McDonald has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 27 papers in Statistics and Probability and 13 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Roderick P. McDonald's work include Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (21 papers), Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (16 papers) and Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques (13 papers). Roderick P. McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (21 papers), Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (16 papers) and Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques (13 papers). Roderick P. McDonald collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Roderick P. McDonald's co-authors include Moon‐Ho Ringo Ho, Herbert W. Marsh, Rebecca Zwick, John Balla, Keith F. Widaman, Kenneth A. Bollen, Harvey Goldstein, J. Jack McArdle, Richard E. Zinbarg and Iftah Yovel and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Journal of Animal Science.

In The Last Decade

Roderick P. McDonald

111 papers receiving 18.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Principles and practice in reporting structural equation analyses.

2002 3.6k citations Roderick P. McDonald, Moon‐Ho Ringo Ho Psychological Methods profile →
Goodness-of-fit indexes in confirmatory factor analysis: The effect of sample size.

1988 3.1k citations Herbert W. Marsh, John Balla et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
Test Theory: A Unified Treatment

2000 2.9k citations Roderick P. McDonald et al. Journal of the American Statistical Association profile →
Test Theory: A Unified Treatment

1999 1.5k citations Roderick P. McDonald profile →
Choosing a multivariate model: Noncentrality and goodness of fit.

1990 1.2k citations Roderick P. McDonald, Herbert W. Marsh Psychological Bulletin profile →
THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PRINCIPAL FACTOR ANALYSIS, CANONICAL FACTOR ANALYSIS, AND ALPHA FACTOR ANALYSIS

1970 594 citations Roderick P. McDonald British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology profile →
Factor Analysis and Related Methods

1987 546 citations Roderick P. McDonald et al. profile →
Test Theory

2013 392 citations Roderick P. McDonald Psychology Press eBooks profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roderick P. McDonald Australia	44	4.8k	4.3k	3.6k	3.3k	3.1k	114	20.3k
Clifford C. Clogg United States	38	5.8k 1.2×	5.0k 1.2×	3.2k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	7.4k 2.4×	84	30.4k
Dag Sörbom Sweden	26	4.8k 1.0×	3.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	4.7k 1.5×	35	20.9k
Scott E. Maxwell United States	58	4.8k 1.0×	5.1k 1.2×	3.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	3.0k 0.9×	180	19.9k
James H. Steiger Canada	33	4.2k 0.9×	4.7k 1.1×	3.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	3.0k 1.0×	63	18.2k
Robert Cudeck United States	25	6.5k 1.4×	6.5k 1.5×	3.6k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	5.2k 1.6×	59	25.3k
Paul E. Meehl United States	56	4.4k 0.9×	8.8k 2.0×	5.1k 1.4×	2.0k 0.6×	4.1k 1.3×	131	26.3k
Thomas D. Cook United States	50	3.3k 0.7×	3.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	2.6k 0.8×	5.7k 1.8×	191	26.5k
Albert Satorra Spain	31	3.9k 0.8×	4.1k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	2.7k 0.9×	87	14.7k
Frank L. Schmidt United States	64	6.2k 1.3×	3.5k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	4.1k 1.3×	161	29.0k
Karl G. Jöreskog United States	48	7.2k 1.5×	4.8k 1.1×	4.0k 1.1×	4.6k 1.4×	7.7k 2.5×	101	37.4k

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McDonald, Roderick P.. (2013). Modern Test Theory. Oxford University Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations

McDonald, Roderick P.. (2013). Test Theory. Psychology Press eBooks. 392 indexed citations breakdown →

Kasparian, Nadine A., Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly, Roderick P. McDonald, et al.. (2011). The nature and structure of psychological distress in people at high risk for melanoma: a factor analytic study. Psycho-Oncology. 21(8). 845–856. 7 indexed citations

McDonald, Roderick P.. (2011). Measuring Latent Quantities. Psychometrika. 76(4). 511–536. 19 indexed citations

McDonald, Roderick P.. (2003). Behavior Domains in Theory and in Practice. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 49(3). 32 indexed citations

McDonald, Roderick P. & Moon‐Ho Ringo Ho. (2002). Principles and practice in reporting structural equation analyses.. Psychological Methods. 7(1). 64–82. 3571 indexed citations breakdown →

Netemeyer, Richard G., Peter M. Bentler, Richard P. Bagozzi, et al.. (2001). Structural Equations Modeling. Journal of Consumer Psychology. 10(1-2). 83–100. 62 indexed citations

McDonald, Roderick P. & Nicholas T. Longford. (1997). Models for Uncertainty in Educational Testing.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 92(437). 386–386. 31 indexed citations

McDonald, Roderick P. & Magdalena Mo Ching Mok. (1995). Goodness of Fit in Item Response Models. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 30(1). 23–40. 76 indexed citations

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McDonald, Roderick P.. (1994). The Bilevel Reticular Action Model for Path Analysis with Latent Variables. Sociological Methods & Research. 22(3). 399–413. 45 indexed citations

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McDonald, Roderick P. & Kenneth A. Bollen. (1990). Structural Equations with Latent Variables.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 85(412). 1175–1175. 341 indexed citations

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Fraser, Colin & Roderick P. McDonald. (1988). NOHARM: Least Squares Item Factor Analysis. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 23(2). 267–269. 121 indexed citations

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Marsh, Herbert W., John Balla, & Roderick P. McDonald. (1988). Goodness-of-fit indexes in confirmatory factor analysis: The effect of sample size.. Psychological Bulletin. 103(3). 391–410. 245 indexed citations

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McDonald, Roderick P.. (1985). Comments on D. J. Bartholomew, Foundations of factor analysis: some practical implications. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. 38(2). 134–137. 11 indexed citations

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McDonald, Roderick P. & Stanley A. Mulaik. (1979). Determinacy of common factors: A nontechnical review.. Psychological Bulletin. 86(2). 297–306. 62 indexed citations

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McDonald, Roderick P.. (1978). Some Checking Procedures For Extension Analysis. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 13(3). 319–325. 9 indexed citations

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McDonald, Roderick P.. (1975). A Note on Rippe’s Test of Significance in Common Factor Analysis. Psychometrika. 40(1). 117–119. 1 indexed citations

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McDonald, Roderick P.. (1974). The Measurement of Factor Indeterminacy. Psychometrika. 39(2). 203–222. 51 indexed citations

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McDonald, Roderick P.. (1970). THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PRINCIPAL FACTOR ANALYSIS, CANONICAL FACTOR ANALYSIS, AND ALPHA FACTOR ANALYSIS. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. 23(1). 1–21. 594 indexed citations breakdown →

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McDonald, Roderick P.. (1967). Numerical Methods for Polynomial Models in Nonlinear Factor Analysis. Psychometrika. 32(1). 77–112. 48 indexed citations

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