Fit Indices in Covariance Structure Modeling: Sensitivity to Underparameterized Model Misspecification

Psychological Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 424-453

  Hu, Li Tze ^a   Bentler, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032262444     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.3.4.424     Document Type: Article

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