Applications of structural equation modeling in psychological research

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2000, Pages 201-226

  MacCallum, Robert C ^a   Austin, James T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariance structures; LISREL; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0033658169     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.51.1.201     Document Type: Article

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