A Monte Carlo investigation of methods for controlling type I errors with specification searches in structural equation modeling

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 365-383

  Green, Samuel B ^a   Thompson, Marilyn S ^b   Babyak, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032221577     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327906mbr3303_3     Document Type: Article

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