Finite mixtures of covariance structure models with regressors: Loglikelihood function, minimum distance estimation, fit indices, and a complex example

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 148-182

  Arminger, Gerhard ^a   Stein, Petra ^a  

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EID: 0031493025     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124197026002002     Document Type: Article

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