Two approaches for correcting correlation attenuation caused by measurement error: Implications for research practice

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 915-930

  Fan, Xitao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; Attenuation; Confirmatory factor analysis; Correlation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345059798     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164403251319     Document Type: Article

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