The Theoretical Status of Latent Variables

Psychological Review

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-219

  Borsboom, Denny ^a   Mellenbergh, Gideon J ^a   Van Heerden, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS;

HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0038280016     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.110.2.203     Document Type: Review

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