Standard errors of fit indices using residuals in structural equation modeling

Psychometrika

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 421-436

  Ogasawara, Haruhiko ^a  

^a OTARU UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptotic standard errors; Correlation residuals; Covariance structures; Mean structures; RMR; Standardized residuals; Structural means

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035615616     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02294443     Document Type: Article

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