Correcting for measurement error attenuation in structural equation models: Some important reminders

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 785-799

  Bedeian, Arthur G ^a   Day, David V ^b   Kelloway, E Kevin ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031532140     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164497057005004     Document Type: Article

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