JUDGING RULES

With the help of some familiar interlocutors, I have come to see that Marsh and Hau (1996) is open to more than one reading. On my reading, the assertion that we have to use judgment in assessing model fit, as opposed to simply following rules, is an important theme of the articl e. This theme is a familiar refrain, Nevertheless, my several attempts to formulate the theme are open to criticism. Judgment presupposes ru les rather than being opposed to the following of rules. Refining our rules is what the game is all about. Anyone for croquet?