Using path diagrams as a structural equation modeling tool

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 182-225

  Spirtes, Peter ^b   Richardson, Thomas ^b   Meek, Christopher ^b   Scheines, Richard ^b   Glymour, Clark ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032350335     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124198027002003     Document Type: Article

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