On desirability of parsimony in structural equation model selection

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 292-300

  Raykov, Tenko ^a   Marcoulides, George A ^b  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001694492     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705519909540135     Document Type: Article

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