Why might relative fit indices differ between estimators?

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-128

  Weng, Li Jen ^a   Cheng, Chung Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0002119035     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705519709540065     Document Type: Article

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