An evaluation of the Satorra-Bentler distributional misspecification correction applied to the McDonald fit index

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-227

  Anderson, Ronald D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001699655     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705519609540041     Document Type: Article

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