Testing parameters in structural equation modeling: Every "one" matters

Psychological Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 258-269

  Gonzalez, Richard ^a   Griffin, Dale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0040152027     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989x.6.3.258     Document Type: Article

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