Are simple change scores obsolete? An approach to studying correlates and predictors of change

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 120-126

  Raykov, Tenko ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change scores; Correlates; Gain scores; Latent dimension; Measurement of change; Multiple indicators; Reliability; Repeated assessment; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033241135     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466219922031248     Document Type: Article

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