Compara mètodes

	Investigació de contrastació de models	Investigació Longitudinal
Camp	Disseny de recerca	Disseny de recerca
Família	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Any d'origen	1970s (Joreskog 1969–1973); widely adopted in social sciences by the 1980s–1990s	Late 19th–early 20th century; methodologically codified through the 20th century
Autor original	Karl G. Joreskog (SEM/LISREL framework); formalized through structural equation modeling tradition	No single originator; foundational methodological treatments by Stuart Menard and Judith Singer & John Willett
Tipus	Confirmatory quantitative research design	Quantitative (or mixed) observational research design
Font seminal	Kline, R. B. (2015). Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling (4th ed.). Guilford Press. ISBN: 978-1462523344	Menard, S. (2002). Longitudinal Research (2nd ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-0761922841
Àlies	model-based research, structural model testing, theory-testing research, MTR	longitudinal study, longitudinal design, prospective longitudinal study, repeated-measures observational study
Relacionats	5	4
Resum	Model testing research is a confirmatory quantitative design in which the researcher specifies a theoretical model — depicting hypothesized relationships among constructs — and then tests how well that model fits empirical data. Drawing primarily on structural equation modeling (SEM) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), it evaluates whether the data-implied covariance structure is consistent with the theoretically derived one, yielding fit indices that indicate model-data correspondence.	Longitudinal research is an observational design in which the same participants, groups, or units are measured repeatedly over an extended period. Rather than capturing a single snapshot, it tracks change, stability, and temporal sequencing of variables — making it the primary non-experimental strategy for studying development, growth, decline, and the unfolding of causal processes across time.