Mean and Covariance Structure Analysis: Theoretical and Practical Improvements

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 438, 1997, Pages 767-774

  Yuan, Ke Hai ^a   Bentler, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotically distribution free; EQS; LISREL; Minimum chi square; Structural equations; Structural relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031531563     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1997.10474029     Document Type: Article

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