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ing model adequacy, then one needs to make an effort to search for better model instead of merely being satisŽed with avoiding negative error variances.
Acknowledgements
We gratefullyacknowledge the constructive feedback of the editor and two referees. This project was supported by the Allocated Research Fund from the Department of Psychology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and in part by a University of North Texas Faculty Research grant. Our research was facilitated while the Žrst author was visiting the Psychology Department at The Chinese University of Hong Kong during summer 2000.
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Received 1 August 2000; revised version received 8 January 2001