Finite Sampling Properties of the Point Estimates and Confidence Intervals of the RMSEA

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 208-252

  Curran, Patrick J ^a   Bollen, Kenneth A ^b   Chen, Feinian ^c   Paxton, Pamela ^d   Kirby, James B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Goodness of fit; Noncentrality; RMSEA; SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242509779     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124103256130     Document Type: Article

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