Behavior of descriptive fit indexes in confirmatory factor analysis using ordered categorical data

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 344-364

  Hutchinson, Susan R ^a   Olmos, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 0000468227     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705519809540111     Document Type: Article

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