Effects of sample size and nonnormality on the estimation of mediated effects in latent variable models

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-107

  Finch, John F ^a   West, Stephen G ^b   MacKinnon, David P ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001885793     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705519709540063     Document Type: Article

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