Strategies of Differentiation in Perceived Quality: An Analysis of Factorial Invariance in Multigroup Sampling

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-80

  Sulé Alonso, M Aránzazu ^a,b   Paquin, Jean Paul ^c   Lévy Mangin, Jean Pierre ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Facultad de CC EE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^d Ottawa Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factorial invariance; Multigroup sampling; Perceived quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345060382     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J038v09n01_06     Document Type: Review

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