Confirmatory factor analysis of the Spectator Decision-Making Inventory (SDMI)

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-70

  Zhang, James J ^a   Lam, Eddie T C ^b   Bennett, Gregg ^a   Connaughton, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basketball; Professional sport; Sport marketing; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CURVE FITTING; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MARKETING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; SPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038441357     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327841MPEE0702_1     Document Type: Article

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