Clarifications about taxometric method

Applied and Preventive Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 165-174

  Meehl, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic entities; Latent class; MAMBAC; MAXCOV; Psychometric method; Psychopathology; Taxometrics; Taxonomy; TAXSCAN; Types

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033442529     PISSN: 09621849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-1849(05)80075-7     Document Type: Article

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