Using the Expectation Maximization Algorithm to Estimate Coefficient Alpha for Scales with Item-Level Missing Data

Psychological Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 322-337

  Enders, Craig K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0142073292     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.8.3.322     Document Type: Article

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