To parcel or not to parcel: Exploring the question, weighing the merits

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-173

  Little, Todd D ^a   Cunningham, William A ^a   Shahar, Golan ^a   Widaman, Keith F ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001378820     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328007SEM0902_1     Document Type: Article

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