Reliability of scales with general structure: Point and interval estimation using a structural equation modeling approach

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-212

  Raykov, Tenko ^a   Shrout, Patrick E ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037849087     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328007SEM0902_3     Document Type: Article

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