Assessing direct and indirect effects in multilevel designs with latent variables

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-153

  Raudenbush, Stephen W ^a   Sampson, Robert ^a  

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EID: 0033229341     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124199028002001     Document Type: Article

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