Bootstrap approach to inference and power analysis based on three test statistics for covariance structure models

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-110

  Yuan, Ke Hai ^a   Hayashi, Kentaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0038795072     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711003321645368     Document Type: Article

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